In five days, the Xiliang Army turned Youfufeng County upside down, and the purge movement was vigorous.

The county commanders and county magistrates of the 15 counties of the county were all replaced, and the county lieutenants and county officials were re-selected and appointed.

All the tens of thousands of soldiers in the county were transferred from their original places and went to Chang'an to belong to Tietuo to take over, and 5,000 foot soldiers were transferred from Huang Zhong's headquarters to take over the county defense and public security.

Right Fufeng County celebrity Fa Yan served as the post of Taishou, and the county was reassigned by Li Xuan, the Shangshu who stayed in Chang'an, and Liang Xing served as the captain of the county government soldiers and horses, in charge of the county's 5,000 county soldiers.

After staying in Huaili City for five days, Li Li's army continued to march westward and went straight to Hanyang County.

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After several days of rapid marching, Li Li's army reached the territory of Hanyang, Liangzhou.

Previously, the front army of the Qinglong Battalion of Guo Yan's department had set up camp thirty miles outside the city of Ji County, and Yang Qiu's department stationed in Lintao City also sent 3,000 foot soldiers to participate in the battle.

By the time Li Li's army arrived at the city of Ji County, Guo Yan's troops and Ma Jiajun of Ji County had already formed a confrontation situation, and the two sides were tense and ready to attack.

The big war is imminent, and even the air is full of the smell of war.

Thirty miles outside the city of Ji County.

The camp of the Xiliang Army, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Next to Shuai's case, Li Li was looking through the situation of Hanyang County sent by Yang Qiu and Guo Yan, as well as the government affairs letter sent by Chang'an.

At the bottom right of the desk, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old scribe stood beside him, carefully sorting out the bamboo slips that Li Li had reviewed, and registering them one by one for future inquiries.

"My lord, General Ma Chao and Captain Ma Yunluo ask to see my lord." After a short time, the sergeant outside the tent walked into the big tent and bowed down to report.

"Oh?" Li Li groaned, immediately put down the bamboo slip, and looked at the soldiers expressionlessly. The brow furrowed slightly.

"Let them come in." After thinking about it for a while, Li Li waved his hand and said.

"No!" The pro-soldiers retreated.

Seeing Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo coming together, he walked into the big tent quickly. As soon as they entered the tent, the two brothers and sisters bowed and saluted, "The last general will see the lord!" ”

"Meng Qi and Yunluo are here, you don't have to be formal, sit down and talk." Li Li bowed his head and motioned to Ma Chao's brother and sister to get up and sit down, and said with a smile: "Today, when our army first arrived in Longyou, the soldiers were tired of saddle horses, and the people were sleepy and tired, so the army rested for a day. Fight with Ma Teng tomorrow. Meng Qi and Yun Luo must have something to do here, right? ”

When he heard Li Li's words, the young scribe standing on the right side of the big tent changed slightly, and raised his eyes to look at Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo brother and sister with deep meaning.

At first glance, Li Li's words seem to be plain, and they are all greetings and polite words. But he made his attitude clear and took the lead. Directly say that tomorrow will attack Jicheng. If Ma Chao's brother and sister came together, it was to intercede for his father Ma Teng. Asking Li Li to postpone the sending of troops to attack the city, then there is no need to say more.

Although the young scribe could hear the meaning of Li Li's words at the first time, it was a pity that the Ma Chao brothers and sisters did not hear it.

I saw Ma Chao standing in the tent, and said respectfully: "Lord Mingjian, the last general wants to ask the lord to temporarily send troops to attack the city, and let the last general enter the city to persuade my father to surrender." If the father is willing to surrender to the lord. can be like Huaili City without moving swords, turning hostility into jade silk, and avoiding unnecessary casualties among the officers and men of the two armies. I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

Li Li bowed his head slightly with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Our army will recover Huaili City and Youfufeng County without blood. Meng Qi's contribution is indispensable, Wenhe has written down your military exploits, and after pacifying Liangzhou, he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. As for Jicheng, General Guo Yan and Yang Qiu led the army to besiege the city for more than ten days, and they did not see General Zun Ma Teng open the city to surrender. In this case, Meng Qi does not have to go to say surrender, it is useless to say more, our army and General Ma Teng will have a battle! ”

"This 、、、、、、" Ma Chao's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he looked at Ma Yunluo with a stunned expression. Immediately, he still pleaded unrelentingly: "Please give the last general another chance, let the last general give it a try." If I really can't convince my father, the last general will be willing to obey the command of the lord and personally lead the army to attack the city, without complaint! ”

Li Li's eyes were staring at Ma Chao, he was silent for a long time, and then said in a low tone: "Ling Zun Ma Teng was in charge of the army when the Qiang tribe was in turmoil, and then he supported the army and divided one side, which has been several years. Although his name is Xiliang Taishou, he secretly controls half of the counties in Liangzhou, recruits soldiers vigorously, has nearly 100,000 cavalry, and shares Liangzhou equally with Jincheng Han Sui. Last year, after Ben General served as the defender of Wuwei County, Ling Zun and Han Sui joined forces to attack Wuwei County several times, but repeatedly lost troops and returned defeated. A few months ago, he and Han Sui once again attacked our slaughterhouse at night, but in the end he was defeated and almost died. For more than a year, our Wuwei Army and Ma Jiajun have fought bloody battles many times, and the two sides have deep grievances, and it is really difficult to stop fighting and making peace.

Today, Meng Qi and Yun Luo were able to take the initiative to invite Ying to go to Jicheng to say that they would like to surrender their honor, and they would have been very pleased with this. However, Ling Zun Ma Teng has been in Xiliang for many years, and his heart is arrogant, how can he easily surrender to me? What Ling Zun's ambition is, I think the two of you know very well. Even if he reaches the point of exhaustion, he will never bow down to my Li Li!

To this day, our Xiliang army is in the direction of the front, and all the counties and counties are looking forward to the wind, but Ling Zun Ma Teng and Jincheng Han Sui still stubbornly resist and refuse to open the city to surrender. It can be seen that Meng Qi asked Ying to talk about the matter of surrendering to Lingzun, and he didn't mention it. Ben will know that your brother and sister are Ma Teng's children, and he does not want to meet his biological father in battle, after all, filial piety is the foundation of life, which will be completely understandable. In this way, your brothers and sisters don't have to participate in this battle, stay in the camp and rest for a few days, and after our army conquers Jicheng, you will continue to lead the troops. Do you two disagree with this? ”

"Ahh The lord 、、、、、、" Ma Chao and Ma Yunluo were shocked when they heard this, and immediately exclaimed. However, when they saw the undeniable look on Li Li's face, they immediately couldn't speak, and bowed down in frustration and responded: "The last general will take the order." ”

Seeing Ma Chao's brothers and sisters slowly leaving, Li Li couldn't help but shake his head and sigh lightly: "Alas! It's not that I, Li Li, don't have the capacity to tolerate people, but Ma Teng's ambition is too great, and he is unwilling to be subordinate, so it is impossible for him to surrender to me willingly. Since he is stubborn, then I will beat him so that he has nowhere to hide, and he is at the end of his rope, and at that time, he will naturally bow down and beg in front of me Li Li! ”

"What the lord said is very true." Before Li Li could finish speaking, the young scribe who had been standing quietly on the right side of the big tent suddenly echoed in a respectful voice.

After Li Li heard this. Shen groaned: "Oh, what is the high opinion of filial piety? ”

That's right, the young scribe who has been standing beside Li Li to record and organize the bamboo slips is Fa Zhengfa, the son of Fa Yan.

Fa Zheng is now under the age of 17, which is the same age as Li Li's younger brother Li Xian. At present, he has no official position, and temporarily stays by Li Li's side as a scrivener, responsible for sorting out bamboo slips and writing general orders, uploading and disseminating, and he can definitely be regarded as a confidant and close minister around Li Li.

After Fa Zheng heard the inquiry, he bowed down and walked to the bottom of the hall. said: "The lord, Ma Teng and Han Sui are different from the other princes of Liangzhou, and they are very different from the generals such as Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yi under the command of the lord. Han and Ma have been operating Xiliang for many years, and Shili tentacles are all over Xiliang and Erzhou, which can be described as big trees with deep roots. Solid foundations. Now the lord wants to unify Xiliang and pacify Liangzhou. The shili of the two must be eradicated. And to get rid of the two of Han and Ma, the intertwined shili. It is necessary to fight on a foothold, wield their troops to destroy the soldiers and horses in their hands, capture the cities they occupy, and uproot the remnants of their shili. Only in this way can the lord truly dominate Liangzhou. Otherwise, even if the two of them take the initiative to surrender. The lord could not agree. Unless they are willing to hand over their soldiers, horses, money and food, leave Liangzhou, and go to Chang'an as officials. ”

"Hehehe!" Li Li heard the words and said, "With filial piety." Ben General must get rid of Ma Teng and Han Sui in order to completely control Liangzhou. What if Ben intended to leave a way for the two of them to survive? ”

Fa Zheng looked slightly stunned, thought about it and said: "If the lord doesn't want to get rid of Han Sui and Ma Teng and spare their lives, Weichen suggests that the lord confiscate the soldiers, horses, money and food in their hands, and transfer the two of them from Liangzhou to Chang'an Imperial City as officials. Subsequently, the lord could follow the practice of Youfufeng County, rectify the officials and county soldiers, and re-select officials to take over the counties of Liangzhou. Alternatively, the lord can also reward them with more gold and silver treasures, so that they can become rich men and spend the rest of their lives in peace. There is no other way. In addition, our army must not accept their invitation to surrender in name of this expedition, but in fact still let them continue to stay in the same place. If this is the case, they will inevitably support their own troops, surrender and rebel, and even take advantage of our army's attack on the Central Plains to stab us in the back.

In the past ten years, Han and Ma have been so capricious and have repeatedly turned danger into disaster. Whenever the imperial army was conquered, they immediately went to the table to ask for surrender, but they were still entrenched in the territory of Xiliang; Later, once the situation changes, they will rebel, take the opportunity to expand their territory, recruit soldiers, and step by step. So in recent years, Han and Ma have seized Liangzhou and become princes by themselves, looking at Guanzhong and the world.

This is the heartfelt words of Wei Chen, please see it clearly! ”

"Huh?" When he heard Fa Zheng's words, Li Li's sword eyebrows moved slightly, and he couldn't help but groan.

Because Fa Zheng calls himself a micro-minister, not a subordinate.

The title of "micro-minister" is not called casually, this is the self-title of the subordinate to the king. In the past, Dong Zhuo was high in the position of his father, above the emperor, so when the ministers of the court faced Dong Zhuo, they called themselves Weichen. In addition, some of the descendants of the Three Princes' Ministers, in order to show their loyalty and show their prominent status above the Lord and ten thousand people, will also call themselves micro-ministers.

However, now Fa Zheng calls himself a micro-minister in front of Li Li, as if he is taking himself as Li Li's confidant, in order to show that he is loyal to Li Li. Of course, there is also a sense of flattery, and the deliberate stammering of haode is very strong.

In the midst of the deep groaning, Li Li smiled calmly and said to Fazheng: "Filial piety is quick-minded, long-term vision, and what Fang Cai said is straight to the point, and it is deep in my heart." The two of them, Guo Yan and Huang Zhong, were ordered to count the siege equipment overnight, reward the siege soldiers, and attack Jicheng tomorrow. In addition, Feiying sent a message to Li Xian of Wuwei County, ordering Li Zheng to lead the Longxiang battalion and the 10,000-foot army Chen Bing to the Jincheng border to deter Jincheng Han Sui and make him dare not send troops to help Ma Teng! ”

"The Lord is wise. Our army and General Wuwei Li Xian advanced on the east and west, attacking from both sides, Han Sui was bound to take care of himself and did not dare to send troops to rescue Ma Teng. In this way, Ma Teng has no support, and can only meet our army's 100,000 cavalry with the strength of an army, and he will definitely be defeated! Weichen immediately conveyed the order of the lord and the general! Fa Zheng replied with a happy laugh.

Li Li bowed his head with a smile on his face and said, "Go ahead." In the future, you should ask Wenhe for more advice on the art of war, and be sure to listen and learn more, and guard against arrogance and rashness. When you succeed in learning, our army will inevitably use troops in the states of the Central Plains, and there will be many opportunities to make meritorious contributions at that time. ”

Fa Zheng's expression was shocked when he heard this, and he bowed down excitedly and responded: "Thank you for the grace of the lord, Fa Zheng swears allegiance to the lord!" Wechen retired. ”

Seeing Fa Zheng leave quickly with a happy face, Li Li muttered to himself with a smile on his face: "Fa Xiaozhi really lives up to his reputation, has quick thinking, and has a long-term perspective, which can be of great use!" But after all, he is young now, his words and deeds are frivolous, and his joy and anger are colorful, and he still needs to go through some training before he can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility! ”

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