A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 274 Ping Xiliang

Two days later, Hanzhong was an empty city.

For the Ma family, it is better to take a step back and make a long-term plan instead of risking their lives to resist with the remnant soldiers.

Of course, they should also know that after this battle, the outcome of a battle of this level has already been largely determined.

King Zhu Rong naturally took over the city, and she was once again promoted to the lord of the seven cities without any suspense.

Over there, Deng Ai led the three newly released archangels to arrive late.Seeing that the banner of Zhu Rong's clan had been erected on the tower of Hanzhong City, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "We are worthy of being a military advisor."

After Deng Ai entered the city, the two groups joined forces. King Zhu Rong said that Deng Ai did not make the trip in vain.

Deng Ai's special skill, named [Force], can march in a straight line regardless of the terrain for a short time, at the cost of damage to the troops, the longer the march, the greater the loss.

Originally, he took seven warm-hearted archangels with him, but when he arrived in Hanzhong, there were only three left.

The price of using four archangels in exchange for Ma Tengjun's panic was worth it.

At the same time, my brother-in-law introduced his old friend Zhong Hui to Deng Ai.

It's not that enemies don't get together.

Zhong Hui had expected such a scene, so he just shook his head, not knowing what to say.

Deng Ai was very calm and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, now Deng and Zhong Hui are serving your Majesty. Deng must put aside the grudges of his previous life and assist the King together with General Zhong."

When Zhong met Deng Ai to say that, he quickly expressed his loyalty.

"That's right, Zhong Hui thinks so too."

"Oh?" King Zhu Rong turned his head and squinted at Zhong Hui, "Do you have any plans in mind?"

Zhong Hui was startled and shook his head repeatedly: "King Zhu Rong is extremely wise and brave, and is very different from the descendants of the Cao family. Zhong Hui does not dare to have the slightest thought."

"Even if there is, I am not afraid." King Zhu Rong smiled freely and said to the two, "General Deng, due to the alliance with Liu Bei, there is no war on the eastern front for the time being. Now the war is going well in the north. You can order a capable man to garrison Yong'an. Invite Deng Zhong to come to Hanzhong to assist the king in the battle."

Deng Ai hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Your Majesty, none of Deng Ai's subordinates can take on this important task, and I hope that your Majesty will appoint you."

King Zhu Rong nodded. Deng Ai was still very smart. Even though he held great power, he didn't dare to form cliques and win over his party members.

"That being the case..." King Zhu Rong turned his head and said, "Let Deng Zhong be the prefect of Yong'an, and Zhong Hui will hurry to assist General Deng."

"... Your Majesty, this..." Zhong Hui was troubled.

Deng Zhong is Deng Ai's son, so he is an elder, so it's fine to give him a job, but let himself assist the son of his old enemy. Is King Zhurong abusing himself?

"What, are you dissatisfied?"

"Don't dare."

"Aren't you going soon?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Zhong Hui left, Deng Ai said:

"Your Majesty, please forgive Deng for speaking bluntly. Zhong Hui has a deep foundation in Western Shu. He is a veteran, ambitious, and young. I'm afraid he won't be able to shake him, and he will be turned against him..."

"No problem." My brother-in-law, as the Second Army Adviser, was very thoughtful about this, "This will firstly test Zhong Hui's rebellion, and secondly, it will just give Brother Deng some experience, after all, Xiao Deng has been following Lao Deng all along , Many things have no chance to touch."

Deng Ai thought about it for a while, but was still a little worried: "But taking Yong'an as a bet, the crisis is a bit big. If Zhong Hui takes advantage of the loopholes, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Junshi Hua, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke: "Old General Deng, you must know Wei Yan, right?"

"Well, of course, in terms of talent, Wei Yan is courageous and resourceful, no less than Wei General Zhang Liao, but he has always been rebellious in his heart until he was assassinated by Ma Dai."

"What General Deng said is true. Talent and ambition have always been important criteria for selecting ministers for the emperor. Unfortunately, generally talented people also have great ambitions. Generals who are as strong as Zhang Liao but are extremely loyal are too rare. In today's world The situation is chaotic, and it is the right time to hire people. In the future, our Southern Barbarians are likely to face a three-front war. General Deng and his son can be on one side, and King Zhu Rong can be on the other side. However, the king and I have been hesitating about the choice of this third party."

"What the military advisor means...the leader of this third party is Zhong Hui?"

"I'm not sure, we still need to wait and see. Let's take Wei Yan as an example. Although he is rebellious, his ability is really extraordinary, and he is extremely calm when fighting. In terms of leading troops and fighting alone, he is no less talented than Zhang Liao. In my opinion, reusing Wei Yan is probably the second correct choice in Liu Bei's life. Back then, Guan Yu lost Jingzhou carelessly, but Wei Yan was extremely stable in Hanzhong. I'm afraid the general's combat exploits are not as good as Wei Yan's."

Deng Ai thought for a while, and finally sighed: "Since the military adviser and the king have made up their minds, Deng will not say more. The king said that no matter whether the dog can shake Zhonghui or not, the king will definitely be able to hold it down." , a hundred towns can live."

"Uh hahaha." Lin Yueru became ecstatic again after hearing this, "Old Deng, you just make people feel comfortable when you talk. Only by leaving Hanzhong to you can I, the king, rest assured about the Northern Expedition."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Deng Ai will not disgrace the king's order!"

The strategy of the Three Kingdoms does not focus on the late stage, but the early stage.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The foundation is laid in the early stage, and only in the later stage will there be huge consumption of capital.The so-called Cao Cao wins at the right time and seizes the right time to unify the Central Plains is exactly in response to this point.

Now the three cities of Ma Teng and the seven cities of Zhu Rong have basically decided the outcome. The rest will be left to time.

For the rest of the long period of time, the battle has entered a head-to-head stage, and the expansion of empty cities and weak princes has basically been saturated, and many people have to go to war.

The most tragic of these is probably the battle between the general and Lu Bu.

After the general wiped out Gongsun Zan and unified Youzhou, Lu Bu monopolized a large piece of territory in the southeast of Youzhou. At the same time, he bordered Sima Yi, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and the four princes of the general. Strategically, it can be said to be quite unfavorable.

Therefore, taking the general of Youzhou became Lu Bu's only way out. If he attacked the other three princes, the battle line would become longer and longer.

In the battle between Admiral Lu Bu, neither side dared to be too aggressive.

On the side of the generals, Wen Youtian, Feng Jushou, Wu Youzhang...he regretted beheading Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Lv Bu's side was not much better, only Chen Gong was the only adviser to support him, and as for the generals, only Gao Shun was able to stand on the stage.Here we are going to talk about Zhang Liao again. This guy is obviously very conflicted to be under Lu Bu's command after his rebirth.

After thinking about it, he decided to go to Xuchang and join Cao Cao. Since he spent most of his life with Cao Cao in his previous life, he had better not think too much about it in this life.

Lv Bu's geographical location is not good, so he can only launch some small-scale battles, looking for opportunities, he only itch his teeth with hatred, if the enemy is Yuan Shao, it would be much easier to deal with, so why did he catch up with the general.

Looking at Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao, the three big men basically stayed put and didn't even take the four counties in the south.

Cao Cao quietly captured Shangyong Kongcheng again, and accidentally bordered Hanzhong of the Great Southern Man. However, Hanzhong had already begun to build fortifications at key intersections. In addition, Deng Ai was calm and guarding Hanzhong. Even Cao Cao did not dare to act rashly .

Like them, there was Sima Yi, who recruited Zhang Xiu, the prefect of Wancheng, by some strange means.

Zhang Xiu's only choice is probably this.

This brings up things from the previous life again.

It is said that no one is perfect, and Cao Cao also has shortcomings. It is better to be narrow-minded, such as being greedy for women.

Is this normal? With Cao Cao's status, the woman he likes must have sex.

After recruiting Zhang Xiu from Wancheng, he happened to fall in love with Zhang Xiu's aunt.

This created the second failure of Cao Cao's life battle.

Even if he was still marching, he was still hungry and thirsty. He fought [-] rounds with Zhang Xiuzhi's aunt in the army tent.

Zhang Xiudeng couldn't bear it anymore. His old Zhang family was also a famous family, and his uncle Zhang Ji was also a well-known figure back then, but now, his uncle's widow is actually regarded as a plaything by Cao Cao?

Zhang Xiu was not an honest person at all, he surrendered only after being scared by Cao Cao.

In addition, beside him is an extremely wretched guy named Jia Xu.

Jia Xu is basically the longest-lived counselor in the Three Kingdoms. His status is no worse than anyone else, and he has offended no fewer people than anyone else.

Here, Jia Xu came up with a poisonous plan. We got the tough man named Dian Wei who was guarding the tent drunk, took his weapon, and then swarmed up and killed Cao Cao, and we became very powerful.

According to Zhang Xiu's plan, he did it.

But Lu Er Zhao San Dian Wei, Dian Wei is also a tiger man, even if he was taken from the weapon, even if he was hit by dozens of arrows, he still stood in front of Cao Cao's tent, smashed countless assassins with his fists, and Zhang Xiu's men were so frightened. Dare to step forward.

Dian Wei was loyal to the sky, protected the lord to finish the shot, and bought the lord time to escape.

Facing this incident afterwards, Cao Cao regretted it unceasingly. It was his lust for women, which caused the death of the general and delayed the military plane. He took it as a warning and never made such mistakes again.After Yuan Shao was destroyed, after meeting Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, Zhen Mi, she was slightly tempted, but he didn't expect his son Cao Pi to come first. He really just smiled and said, "I'm really my daughter-in-law!" Women delay the relationship between father and son.

Therefore, the hatred between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao is basically irresolvable.

Below is Cao Cao, above is Sima Yi.

The enemy's enemy is my friend, so he followed Jia Xu's strategy again and voted for Sima.

Here, the heavyweight Jia Xu stepped onto the stage of history.

His wretched world can be proved.

The poisonous plan almost killed Cao Cao, and directly killed the beloved general Dian Wei. Later, after he joined Cao Ying, he was able to survive. He is a magical existence.

He can clearly see where Cao Cao's narrow mind is, as long as he doesn't touch some of his bottom lines, he will be able to use his talent, regardless of what bad things you have done before.

Throughout Jia Xu's life, it can be said that there are many tricks and tricks.No matter in Guandu, Jingzhou or Chibi, there is his shadow.What's even more amazing is that all his judgments are surprisingly correct, and every time he makes admonishment, it is as if it is a prophecy, and he hits the mark with a hundred hits.

But this time, he actually chose Sima Yi.

How he calculated it, no one knows, maybe it is similar to Sima Yi's wretchedness.

Obviously, Sima Yi and Cao Cao are absolute mortal enemies, and voting for one is equivalent to breaking with the other.Jia Xu unexpectedly made a radical choice, which also made the princes of the world vigilant, and the defense against Sima Yi rose several steps.

No.17 week, after Tianshui and Anding, the last wolf knight in Xiliang City fell, which also announced that the Ma family once again withdrew from the stage of the hegemony.

(End of this chapter)