Chapter 609 Lynching
Leaving the wounded barracks, Feng Yong came to the Chinese army commander's camp. Only Zhang Bao was comparing the map and the sand table, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing Feng Yong arrive, he nodded to him, "Have you recovered?"
Feng Yong walked over, took a look at the sand table, sat down, and asked, "What is the current situation in Longyou? I have been in the mountains a few days ago, and the news is not very smooth."
"The prime minister and his men moved secretly later. For fear of leaking the news, they concealed the movements of the army. They only said that nothing happened in Longyou and asked me to guard Longguan."
When Feng Yong said this, he still had a look of fear on his face, "At that time, I thought that the overall situation in Longyou was really decided, but I didn't expect that such a mistake could happen. If it weren't for General Liu, the Northern Expedition would have been ruined. once."
Zhang Bao nodded, with a look of joy on his face, "I am indeed lucky this time, and I am lucky to have you."
Feng Yong frowned, "So, this time the Cao thieves broke through Lueyang, did it have any impact on the situation in Longyou?"
"Don't worry." Zhang Bao shook his head, "Cao's thieves wanted to take Chencang Road to cut off the retreat of the Northern Expedition army. The prime minister had long expected it. This time they were almost wiped out in Wudu."
"If it hadn't been for the traitor Cao who killed tens of thousands of people, I'm afraid the horse would not have been able to return to Guanzhong. When I set off from Jicheng, the prime minister had already returned to Longyou from Wudu and passed through Xi County. I think he was already in Jicheng at this time. ”
“What about the Cao thieves from Shanggui, Longxi, and Liangzhou?”
"Shanggui has been defeated. General Wu should have arrived at Linwei City at this time. Cao's thieves in Liangzhou heard that Jicheng was prepared and turned to Longxi. General Wei retreated to Bidao City in Nan'an and held a stalemate with Cao's thieves."
Feng Yong looked at the map and said, "This Liangzhou Cao thief is very knowledgeable."
"How to say?"
"They go to Longxi. Firstly, they can help guard Longxi County. Secondly, if there is any disharmony, they can retreat from Xiangwu City to Liangzhou via Didao."
Zhang Baowei glanced at Feng Yong in surprise, "I didn't expect you to be able to see it at a glance."
I don’t know how to command on the spot, so why don’t I know how to talk on paper?
Feng Yong did not pick up the topic and asked, "What's the next step? Does the Prime Minister have any military orders?"
"Anguo may arrive in two or three days. He should bring the prime minister's military orders by then, and we can wait for a few days with peace of mind."
This time it was Feng Yong's turn to be surprised, "Brother is coming too?"
"Yes, while you were sleeping, Anguo had already sent a fast horse to deliver the news, saying that the prime minister had not yet arrived in Jicheng and had already sent an order to him to lead the army."
Feng Yong was a little puzzled. Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were actually required to guard a mere street pavilion?
His eyes subconsciously fell on the sand table, and he saw small flags placed on the street pavilion, Qingshui, and even Linwei. He blurted out at that moment, "Is the Prime Minister planning to march from the street pavilion to Qingshui?"
Zhang Bao gave a thumbs up and said in appreciation, "Your vision is indeed amazing!"
Wu Yi went from west to east, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao went from north to south, and met at Linwei.
After clearing the thorn in Guangwei County, all the passages from Guanzhong into Longyou will be in the hands of the Han Dynasty. Longxi will have no reinforcements and will have no choice but to surrender without a fight.
If the Liangzhou people don't want to be left in Longyou, they can only go back and forth from wherever they go. Otherwise, the big Han won't mind marching to Liangzhou in one go.
“What about Lueyang? Who is guarding Lueyang?”
Feng Yong mentioned this place that was first broken.
"Jufu. Others are saying that your boy can recognize people. It seems that this is indeed the case. The Prime Minister originally asked Na Jufu to help Xiang Changshi guard Jicheng. I got the Prime Minister's order and rushed back to Jicheng day and night. I found out that he really has a way of leading the army."
"In addition, the news from Jieting came and he repeatedly asked for battle. I thought he was yours, so I brought him out. This time we retake Lueyang, he will attack the city first."
"I think he is quite brave, so I let him station in Lueyang." Zhang Bao looked at Feng Yong, "What do you think?"
"If Ju Fu had been allowed to guard Lueyang from the beginning, Zhang He would have had no chance of crossing Long Mountain."
Feng Yong said without hesitation.
It’s just a pity that Jufu’s qualifications are still too young.
“Since you said so, then I didn’t hire the wrong person.”
Zhang Bao nodded.
"Now that there are brothers from the Zhang family in the street pavilion, I will lead the army back to guard Longguan. For those wounded soldiers, I will have people take them back to Jicheng..."
Feng Yong learned about the situation in Longyou, and the old demon Zhuge returned to Jicheng to take charge personally. It seemed that the overall situation was really decided. He was the guard of Longguan, so he had better go back first.
But before he finished speaking, Zhang Bao quickly stopped him and said, "You have so many generals, just pick any one to lead the army back to Longguan."
"As for the wounded soldiers, I have already made arrangements. When the time comes, you will send someone to lead the wounded soldiers in your camp away together. You don't need to worry about this. All you have to do now is to stay here for a few more days."
“Why?”
Feng Yong asked strangely.
"If your people return to Longguan, the available troops at the street pavilion will basically be the two thousand cavalry troops I brought here and those Qiang and Hus."
"Those Qiang and Hu people only recognize you now. How can they help guard the street pavilion with peace of mind when you are not here? They roasted so much mutton for you the night before, and you can't even stay with them for a few more days?"
The person who said this had something to say, but the person who listened to it was overthinking it.
The corner of Feng Tubie's mouth twitched, but he was unable to complain, "Stay a few more days, just stay a few more days. What do you mean by spending more time with them? It sounds weird..."
“You don’t have to do anything in the first place. If you have nothing to do, just go and chat with them. It will be better than anything else.”
Zhang Bao didn’t feel that he had said anything wrong.
"Alright." Feng Yong could only nod, and then asked casually, "Since the Zhang family brothers have gathered the defeated troops, have they found Ma Di?"
“How could it not be found? I specially sent someone to look for it.”
There was an angry look on Zhang Bao's face, "Even if the city of Lueyang is lost, as long as the street pavilion can be defended, it will not be so embarrassing. However, Ma Su did not guard the street pavilion well, and when he met Zhang He, he If you act improperly, you are really a loser!"
"So I sent people to find him among the defeated troops, and locked him up, preparing to send him to Jicheng together with the wounded soldiers for the prime minister to deal with."
When Feng Yong heard Zhang Bao talking about this, he thought of the wounded barracks. He felt angry and nodded, "I want to see him."
"What's there to see? After this incident, even if he survives, he will probably be demoted to a commoner and exiled to the border areas, never to be used again."
Zhang Bao said with disgust, "You have made great achievements, so don't mess with those people. It's bad luck!"
“I just have something I want to ask him.”
“I will send someone to take you there later.”
“Thank you, brother.”
As Zhuge Liang's most trusted disciple, if Ma Su is really a complete waste as Zhang Bao said, then it is a lie.
After all, he had contributed a lot to Hanzhong's rapid recovery during the years he had been the governor of Hanzhong.
He improved water conservancy, encouraged reclamation, and even personally reached an agreement with the ranch to lease cattle in the name of the government and then loan them to farmers. This measure benefited many Hanzhong people.
Hearing that Zhang He was attacking Lueyang, he decided to send troops, which was not wrong in fact - if Li Sheng could defend Lueyang and Ma Su himself could command properly, he might not have no chance of defeating Zhang He.
His mistake is that he doesn’t know others and he doesn’t know himself.
Having a high opinion of Li Sheng, he also has a high opinion of himself.
Having a high eye but a low hand is nothing more than that.
One earth wall, three wooden fences, and a straw couch made of withered grass and fallen leaves inside. There was nothing else. This was the cell specially designated by Zhang Bao as the cell where Ma Di was imprisoned.
As soon as Feng Yong entered, a moldy and rotten smell hit his nose, making him cover his nose involuntarily.
Ma Su, who exuded a sour smell, walked barefoot with his hair down. When he heard someone walking in, he glanced up and turned his head hurriedly, raising his sleeves, not daring to face Feng Yong.
Although Ma Su raised his head only for a moment, it was enough for Feng Yong to see his face clearly.
There is no longer the graceful elegance of the past, nor the self-confidence and pride of the past.
Only the face is full of filth, and shame and uneasiness.
Feng Yong looked at his appearance and couldn't help but sigh.
“General Ma, if you could serve as your governor well in Hanzhong, why would you end up in this situation?”
Ma Su raised his sleeves higher and lowered his head, saying nothing.
“The first time I met General Ma was in the first year of Jianxing, right? Five years passed in the blink of an eye.”
Feng Yong did not force Ma Su. He just sat across from him and said slowly, "General, do you remember what you thought of me at that time?"
Ma Su, who was hiding behind his sleeves, moved his lips, but in the end he was speechless.
"You called me Feng Dianzi at that time. Later I made the Quyu Plow and the Eight-Niu Plow, and you even apologized for it. At that time, I really thought you had a good mind."
"When I went to Nanxiang, you became the prefect of Hanzhong again, and you came to visit me several times. The fact that Nanxiang is what it is today is actually inseparable from General Ma's special care. In fact, I am very grateful for this. .”
Feng Yong had a look of regret in his eyes, "General Ma has made great achievements in governing Hanzhong, so in Yong's view, if the general can safely guard one side, he may not be able to enter the court and become an important minister in the future."
"However, the general has great ambitions for the army, and Yong is not qualified to say anything about it. However, soldiers are important matters of the country, and they must be observed. There is something that Yong does not understand, and I would like to ask General Ma for advice."
"Since Liu Yin is the deputy general in the army, and since the prime minister wants General Ma to divide his troops to guard Lueyang, it stands to reason that Liu Yin should be the first choice. Why did the general abandon him?"
The purpose of Feng Yong's visit today is to know what Ma Di was thinking before he could make those crazy moves.
Ma Di was silent for a long time, then put down his sleeves, but still lowered his head, looking at the ground, and finally said his first sentence, his voice hoarse, "The army has ordered many gates, does General Feng think it's okay?"
“Of course not.”
"However, Liu Yin first did not agree to garrison the army on the mountain and insisted on leading the army to camp in the city. Then he reported it to the Prime Minister in private. Not only did I get reprimanded by the Prime Minister, but I even had 30% of my troops taken away."
"General Feng, I know that his relationship with you is extraordinary. He is where he is today because of your recommendation. But I want to express my sincere words. If you were to be the commander-in-chief of this army, what would happen if something like this happened to you? , will you feel comfortable? Will you turn a blind eye to such things?"
Ma Su finally raised his head and glanced at Feng Yong, but saw that his eyes were dim, "I didn't take the opportunity to cause trouble for him, I just ignored him, isn't that too much?"
Feng Yong was startled. At first, he only cared about ensuring the safety of his retreat, but he never thought that rashly intervening in the affairs of the army led by others would be a taboo.
Ma Su misunderstood Liu Yin, and at the same time it also laid hidden dangers for the fall of Lueyang.
I just remembered that in history, Ma Su refused to listen to Wang Ping's dissuasion. If he asked Zhao Guang to tell him, I'm afraid he wouldn't listen either - so in the end, this matter had to be resolved by complaining to the Prime Minister.
What Feng Yong missed was that he did not communicate with Ma Su in advance, and then reported to the prime minister if he still did not listen to his opinions.
It's just a matter of life and death, and it's on the battlefield. How can you have the time and mood to go through these procedures?
Thinking of this, Feng Tubie coughed dryly and said, "Liu Yin advises you to camp at the foot of the mountain. There must be a reason, right? I have also stayed at the street pavilion. Although the location is favorable, there is no water source on the mountain."
“If Cao Cao’s thieves besiege you but fail to attack, and your water source is cut off for two days, your army will collapse without a fight. Have you never thought about it?”
A person will die if he does not drink water for three days, so no one would be stupid enough to wait three days on the mountain. As long as the enemy at the foot of the mountain without water cannot be broken within two days, the army will be defeated on its own and there is no need to wait for the third day.
Ma Su opened his mouth, then lowered his head and remained silent.
"Don't be dissatisfied." Feng Yong had no intention of letting him go. "Everyone thinks they can fight back the thieves before they arrive. But you are also the one who leads the army to fight against the thieves."
“Ask yourself, are you really sure that you can go down from a high position and defeat the bandit army led by Zhang He?”
As he spoke, he swept the ground with his hand, looked around again, found a small stone, and randomly drew a square frame, "This is a street pavilion."
Then he drew another triangle, "This is Nanshan."
Draw another thick line, "This is the river flowing through the foot of Nanshan Mountain."
The person Ma Su relied on was just assuming that Cao Cao's thieves would come and rush to attack the mountain in order to open up the street pavilion as soon as possible, but he did not expect that the opponent would be surrounded and not attack.
As long as we besiege you without attacking, and then cut off your water source, what's the point of being high and low? When rushing down the mountain, as long as you give up a large space, your momentum will be gone, and your energy will be wasted.
When the time comes for the cavalry to charge head-on, let alone break through the enemy's siege, they will probably be pushed back up the mountain.
Feng Yong finished his analysis and then asked, "Does General Ma think so?"
Ma Su felt that his face was hot and he felt ashamed and angry.
Feng Yong exhaled and said, "What I said is correct, right? In fact, I told the prime minister about your camping on the mountain, and it has nothing to do with Liu Yin."
Ma Su raised his head in surprise, feeling that something was wrong, but Feng Yong did not give him a chance to speak, and continued, "But no matter what, what you did in the Lueyang Street Pavilion caused countless casualties to the soldiers. This is indisputable." fact."
"I don't know what the Prime Minister will do with you in the future. Although it is fate for soldiers to die in battle. But you made so many of my soldiers sacrifice in vain, and my thoughts are always unclear."
If your thoughts are not clear, you have to think of ways to make them clear.
Feng Yong stood up, grabbed Ma Su's collar with one hand, lifted him up, punched him in the stomach, gritted his teeth and said, "Please let me understand for once!"
Ma Su groaned and bowed his waist.
Feng Yong hit him hard with his knee again, knocking him directly into the wall, "Tell the Prime Minister that you camped on the mountain because I didn't think carefully, so I'll give you two less punches. But you have to do the rest." It’s me who makes it up to you.”
“I’ll let you read the art of war!”
“Boom!”
“I’ll let you know the art of war!”
"boom!"
“Isn’t it good to govern Hanzhong well?”
His fists touch the flesh, and his feet are full of wind.
“You must come over and cause trouble!”
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Let's do a PY transaction. There is a book called "I Can Wear Into the Chinese Language". Anyone who is interested can read it. It should be possible to wear it quickly for daily use. Sanjiang is being prepared.
(End of this chapter)