"All the generals in the West are standing up and down. They have no ambitions for the world, and they just live in peace and contentment." [Three Kingdoms·Wei Shu]
Han Sui's whole body began to feel hot. "Abandoning righteousness to pursue profit", these words really spoke to his heart. He was not a charitable and benevolent person, but he said: "Why don't I understand? But this 'faithfulness'"
Although it is light, it must never be abandoned. Look at how many people in the world do selfish and profit-making things under the banner of "faithfulness"? What's more, people of Yan Yanming's age are full of passion and are willing to work for "faithfulness"
"The word "die to serve", I just said it specifically to him, it is for this reason."
Cheng Gongying knew this in his heart, but he still had a belated look on his face: "My lord, what I said is true, I made a mistake." He didn't explain much because subconsciously he didn't agree with his previous statement.
The difference between what he said and Han Sui's was that although Cheng Gongying valued profit over righteousness like Han Sui and many other Liangzhou people, he still believed in this in his heart, otherwise he would not have followed Han Sui all the time.
It has been a long and hard road to get to where we are today.
He sighed quietly and glanced at Han Sui with some unknown meaning.
"The latest news is that Zhang Ji led ten thousand people to leave Xiangwu and go northwest to Shouyang, which is getting closer and closer to our army." Shouyang County is located southeast of Didao, the county seat of Longxi County. It is the source of the Wei River, with water and grass.
The imperial officers and troops represented by Fengmao and Zhang Ji moved from Xiangwu County on the border of Longxi County to Shouyang in the central part. If they turned from defense to offense, they would cooperate with the troops stationed in Wudu County in the south and were advancing northward.
stood up and further exerted military pressure on Han Sui.
Cheng Gongying had obviously never heard the news, so he couldn't help but be shocked: "Then Mr. Li..."
Li Shen, the governor of Longxi, was also a powerful figure who followed Han Sui in raising troops and participated in the Qiang and Hu rebellions. As the governor of Longxi officially conferred by the imperial court, he was even one of the mainstays that the imperial court relied on in Yongliang when Han Sui and Bianzhang rebelled for the first time.
Although he had a loyal heart, he had a flexible mind. After seeing that the rebellion lasted for two years and the court was almost helpless against Han Sui and other rebels, Li Shen decisively betrayed the court and conspired with Han Sui to rebel.
Later, as Han Sui, Ma Teng and other rebel leaders were pardoned by the court, Li Shen was also exempted from prosecution. Since the court was unable to make in-depth adjustments to Yongliang at that time, and everything was stable first, it had to continue to acquiesce to Li Shen.
status in Longxi.
"Li Xiangru is calm and resourceful. Although he is old, his mind is not dim. He withdrew from Xiangwu to Didao a long time ago, seemingly to stop Zhang Ji for us, but in fact..." Han Sui sneered, his eyes
Squinting slightly: "As long as the situation changes, he can swing the banner at any time and be the vanguard of the imperial court."
Cheng Gongying had heard of Li Shen's famous name. At that time, Li Shen was able to recruit a large number of Longxi Qiang and barbarians, train them into an army simply and bravely, and stir up a storm. Even if this kind of person is old,
He still has a heart like a lion: "Longxi Li Gong has no friendship with his lord, and he is quite resourceful. Zhang Ji easily moved from Xiangwu to Shouyang this time... He must be more careful
."
At this time, the dark clouds of war were covering the sky over Longxi. Han Sui, who was the first to bear the brunt, seemed not to feel any pressure and still said calmly: "Zhang Ji has more than 10,000 people. Although most of them are Xiliang veterans under Dong Zhuo, with his ability
, I still don’t take it seriously... He also knows his own way. If Yizhou hadn’t won and 20,000 to 30,000 people were stationed in Wudu, Li Xiangru would have repeatedly shown kindness to him... Just Zhang Ji, he wouldn’t have done that.
Have the courage to take a step forward towards me."
Cheng Gongying thought for a while, nodded and said: "Now the imperial court is carrying the power of a great victory, and its morale is strong, but the Qiang and Di people everywhere have not yet surrendered. With our power, it is not yet time to draw our swords against the imperial court."
Han Sui smiled softly and said, "You have high regard for the imperial court."
Cheng Gongying was stunned.
"After months of marching south, the imperial army has become exhausted. How can we fight again? There is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year. If we don't want to sit back and watch the refugees live in chaos, we must make great efforts to provide relief. By then, food and grass will be scarce and the soldiers will be exhausted, and the imperial court will have to deal with me.
, and it’s also because of weakness!" Han Sui turned his head, his eyes full of mockery: "That’s why the current situation is exactly the opposite of what you imagined. Compared with attacking me, the imperial court is more unwilling to force me to rebel at this moment."
"Lord Ruijian!" Cheng Gongying was stunned and lowered his head in response.
"However, Panhan City still has to be fought. As the uncle of the Han Dynasty, how can I besiege the city for several months without success? And I have to give an explanation to the court, otherwise the emperor and his ministers will be embarrassed." Han Sui smiled happily.
, he stared at Cheng Gongying with his head lowered with squinted eyes for a while, a glint of light passed quietly in his eyes, and he seemed to have found the most appropriate way: "Take the city of Wuhan and the group of 'prime ministers' and 'generals' under Song Jian's command.
''s head is enough to outweigh Song Jian's fault for absconding, right?"
"Yes!" Cheng Gongying said again. He already understood that Han Sui had made up his mind and it was useless to say anything else. However, after hearing the result, Cheng Gongying breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as Han Sui did not kill Song directly.
Jian, but let him have a way out, then his prestige among the Qiang and Hu will not plummet, and he can even gain a reputation of trustworthiness. In addition, Han Sui's decision also made him feel relieved a lot...
When he slowly raised his head, he saw that Han Sui still had the same expression of wisdom.
"I'm not worried about the imperial court." Han Sui finally said: "I don't want to rebel either. I even hope that the emperor will work hard and reopen the prosperous world sooner. But all I want is to have a place where I can live and work.
As long as the imperial court can still protect my wealth and power, I don’t mind continuing to be a minister. But the imperial court doesn’t care about this at all now. What the emperor wants is once and for all, and what he wants is to never have Qiang troubles. But why do the same people, Ma Teng and Li
Shen can surrender, but I can’t?"
The Qiang chaos that was so vigorous back then and has plagued the Western Frontier for nearly a hundred years will sooner or later end in the hands of one generation. It cannot be as silent as a stream flowing, but it should be as heroic and passionate as the waves hitting the rocks! So for the Liangzhou Qiang
Some of the remaining leaders of the Qiang Rebellion can be surrendered, while others cannot be surrendered, and they are destined to be regarded as the last end of the century-old Qiang Rebellion.
This standard of 'surrender' was unfair to Han Sui, and Han Sui was by no means willing to surrender. In response to Han Sui's questions, Cheng Gongying suddenly felt like a lump in his throat, and he was speechless several times.
Han Sui didn't look forward to Cheng Gongying's answer. He immediately stood up, facing the boundless night, and said to himself: "This is also very good. I, Han Wenyue, just don't want to live in silence like this, and I, an athlete from Liangzhou, are not easy to win."
The one who can hide in the strong wind."
After he said these generous words, he reached out and patted the horse's head. The horse shook the mane on its neck, and carried Han Sui away in the night at a leisurely pace. In the darkness in the distance
A blazing bonfire was burning, and the bonfire gave off weak firelight and warmth, shining on the bodies of people and horses in the distance, dragging long shadows on the ground.
This time Cheng Gongying did not catch up. He thought that no matter how close he followed, he would never be able to be as resolute as Han Sui. The lonely, hard-working back in front of him seemed to be integrating into this world step by step.