Chapter 126
In an instant, Ma Liang felt that all the eyes in the small side hall moved over.

These gazes passed him and looked at his younger brother who was kneeling behind him.

Ma Di, Ma Youchang.

Ma Su's face turned pale for a moment, and he was speechless.

Only now did he understand the half-hearted scrutiny that everyone gave him, and his brother's strange attitude.

And the meaningful words of the Lord before returning from Jiangzhou:

"Young Chang, I only hope that you will be brave when you are defeated, and you will be strong when you are weak."

At that time, Ma Di was still full of question marks: Isn't it a big victory for us to fight all the way from Zigui to Jiangzhou?Where do the words "defeated" and "weak" come from?
Now he probably understands.

"Youchang!" Liu Bei called out:
"Don't think too much, what is the responsibility of future generations to do with you?"

Ma Su nodded gratefully, the lord is so kind, woo woo woo.

I don't know how I lost in the light curtain?
Everyone just looked at Ma Di and then moved away. Ma Di's pressure dropped suddenly, so he moved carefully with his knees, and moved closer to Ma Liang.

"Why is there no brother's name in it?"

"He's dead." Ma Liang said bluntly without stopping.

Ma Su was stunned.

Zhang Fei is deducing:
"According to Gao and Shou, how did this kind of place get lost?"

"It's my old Zhang...it's Fan Jiang and Zhang Dalai who can keep it!"

"Perhaps it is Cao's army that is heavily suppressing the border." Huang Zhong raised a possibility.

"Let's wait and see." Guan Yu suppressed his comments, and at the same time he was curious.

The army of military advisers was attacking Shangyu next to him, and Cao Jun would definitely not fight here, and he would go to help Shangyu, how could he fall?
[About Ma Di's street pavilion, first of all, Ma Di's manpower is absolutely sufficient.

Later, when the prime minister withdrew to Hanzhong to be punished according to the law, Zhang Xiu, Li Sheng, Huang Xi, and Wang Ping were the four generals who could be confirmed.

Since the four generals are in charge, even if one general has a thousand soldiers, there are at least five thousand soldiers and horses.

When the prime minister first set off in Hanzhong, his army strength was "tens of thousands", that is, no more than [-].

These people need to divide Zhao Yun's suspects, they need to leave a way out, and they need to surround him.

Ma Di led at least one-third of the available soldiers in the Northern Expedition, and he gave him enough trust.

How can you lose if you lead an army and keep the key points?Ma Di said, don't be impatient and watch me operate.

The first is "violating the festival of light". The prime minister must have given some instructions when he went to Jieting, but Ma Di threw away this instruction immediately after leading the army.

The second decision was to "rely on the Nanshan Mountains and not occupy the city".

Zhang Yun led the army to rush over and saw that he was stupid. What is the opposite side doing?

Although he couldn't figure it out, Zhang He didn't hesitate because of his qualities as a general: "He will never stop taking it."

The mountains were surrounded, the water was cut off, and Ma Di was defeated. The only bright spot was Wang Ping.

Leading his own thousand people, following the example of Zhang Fei at Dangyang Bridge, beating drums and clamoring for suspicious troops.

It was too easy for Zhang He to win, so he felt that the opponent was cheating, so he didn't pursue him.

After Ma Di was besieged, the prime minister could of course see it, and after making the decision, he chose to lead the troops to rescue, but Ma Di was defeated halfway.

Guo Huai saw that the number of besieged soldiers in Shangyu City was decreasing, so he led his army to win without hesitation.

At this time, the situation had completely rotted away, so the prime minister had no choice but to retreat.

Generally speaking, defeat is punishable, but according to various records, the reason for Ma Di's beheading was "Su fled".

It is a very serious crime to abandon the army and flee.

Moreover, the prime minister was always strict whether he was governing the army or governing Shu.

Being cut according to the law is the only ending.

Before Liu Bei's death, he told the prime minister that Ma Di's exaggerated words should not be used.

The prime minister didn't listen to Liu Bei, nor did he listen to his subordinates' efforts to promote Ma Di.

But Ma Di didn't listen to the prime minister, he just followed his own ideas, and finally cheated the prime minister and himself.

It has to be said that it is also a kind of inheritance. 】

"Good guy!" Zhang Fei shook his head.

"Abandon the army and flee!"

Of course it is a capital offense!This can be said to be the consensus of almost everyone present.

If ordinary soldiers flee before the battle, they will basically only end up in death.

But as the commander-in-chief of an army, abandoning the army and fleeing is not only a capital crime, but also...

Liu Bei couldn't hide his disappointment, so he didn't look at Ma Di.

Previously, looking at the text records of the light curtain, he thought it was just a defeat, but Liu Bei still thought it could be saved.

But now it seems that it's not just that he can't fight, it's that the most fundamental human qualities are not up to standard!

Ma Di looked at the light curtain, and was it his own ending to abandon the army and flee and be beheaded?
Will the lord behead himself now?die!This was something Ma Su had never thought of before, and it seized his heart for a moment, making it difficult to breathe.

At this moment, Ma Liang sighed, and after transcribing the last word of this paragraph, he took off his crown and put it on the ground.

Then he took two steps forward and bowed down to Liu Bei:

"My lord, please resign from the post of Ma Su in the army and demote him to a commoner."

Ma Su stared blankly at his elder brother, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Liu Bei was still pondering, while Kong Ming was expressionless.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and thought, looked at his brother, shook his head and said:
"Why does Ji Chang have to be like this? How to punish people for crimes they haven't committed?"

Mi Zhu looked at Ma Liang who was lying on the ground with a complicated expression for a while.

The younger brother is also incompetent, and the same is the suffering of the older brother.

In my heart, I understand that the lord will probably not be punished for the crime of the light curtain, but the lord is destined to hate the character of abandoning the army and fleeing.

In the awkward atmosphere, Zhang Fei said:
"Hey, let my old Zhang see, this young man just lacks responsibility!"

Ma Di was short of breath, but he didn't dare to refute, and even hated himself a little.

Abandoning the army and fleeing is the most disgusting and despised general who is familiar with military books.

"In that case." Zhang Fei continued:

"Why don't you come and be a soldier for me, after all, later generations will say that Zhang Fei is violent and merciless."

Then Zhang Fei turned to Ma Su and said:
"I heard Ji Chang said about you, and I always feel that I am a general."

"Since that's the case, why don't you come to my account and let me teach you what it means to be responsible!"

"If you can catch my old Zhang's eyes, then you will be allowed to lead the soldiers to join the army council."

Seems like a good choice?Liu Bei pondered for a while, at least it was a choice, wasn't it?

Liu Bei turned his gaze to Ma Su, but at this moment Ma Di's face became entangled again.

Ma Liang straightened his back and said loudly:

"My lord, Brother She is willing!"

Liu Bei stared at Ma Di again, hiding the disappointment in his eyes, nodded and said:
"That's it."

Zhang Fei simply got up and walked over, lifted Ma Di like a chicken, and put it behind him.

Ma Su came back to his senses and raised his head in a daze, and saw Zhang Fei's sinister smile:

"Since you are my own soldier, then let me explain clearly, if you flee from the army, you should be executed!"

Ma Su nodded foolishly.

On the other side, Liu Bei also helped Ma Liang up to adjust his appearance.

"Such a thing, Ji Chang must never do it again."

"Now that he is under Yide's tent, Ma Di's crime has nothing to do with Ji Chang."

[The first Northern Expedition can be said to be the prime minister's best opportunity.

When the situation of Yongliang first spread to Luoyang, the ministers of the Cao Wei court responded with disbelief and panic, and none of them could make up their minds.

In the end, it was Cao Rui's idea to go to Chang'an to sit in charge.

Cao Zhen was ordered to go to Guanyou to face Zhao Yun, and Zhang He led his troops to conquer Longyou.

Zhao Yun has nothing to say here. There are only a few thousand people in total. Facing Cao Zhen who is leading the army, even if Changbanpo God of War is reborn, he will die of exhaustion.

But fortunately, the retreat was beautiful. According to Deng Zhi's later narration, Zhao Yun not only suffered no loss of soldiers and horses, but even rescued all the luggage.

It can be said that the prime minister's meticulous calculations have been brought to the extreme, and it is a helpless move to face heavy troops chasing and burning the plank road.

After repelling Zhao Yun, Cao Zhen began to go to Longyou to liquidate, and the prefect who escaped was severely punished.

The people who responded to the prime minister were all "destroyed", most of the leaders should be executed, and the followers were severely punished.

And the most regrettable thing about the first Northern Expedition is here. Generally, when we commonly call it Cao Wei occupying the sky, Jiangdong had a favorable location, and Ji Han won the hearts of the people.

Under Cao Zhen's butcher's knife, Longyou's hard-earned people's hearts were exhausted.

After Cao Zhen dealt with all this, he made a prediction: the next time Zhuge villager will definitely attack Chen Cang, so he sent Hao Zhao to repair the city wall in advance.

As far as Ji Han was concerned, although the prime minister knew in his heart that his success was on the brink of failure, the rich people in Yizhou felt that this was undoubtedly a big victory!

So after the prime minister returned to Chengdu, although he depreciated himself and punished himself, there was still an endless stream of people who came to congratulate him.

Under such circumstances, the prime minister thought of those people in Longyou who echoed the Shu Han, and wrote "Thanks to the Congratulators".

In the whole world, could it be the Han people... If a husband dies, everyone is guilty...

Personally, I think this is the best embodiment of the prime minister's sentiment.

But of course the first Northern Expedition did not end so smoothly. After all, as we have said before, Ji Han and Jiangdong have re-aligned at this time.

As an ally, facing each other offensively and defensively is part of our job. What about your Jiangdong's actions?

Unsurprisingly, Great Wei Wu Wang pulled here again.

This also triggered the prime minister's second sloppy northern expedition in winter, and he returned with the title of emperor to Sun Quan. 】

It wasn't until the light curtain was lifted at this time that Zhang Fei yelled:
"If you don't tell me, I'll forget it! Our hundred thousand uncle!"

Everyone just woke up like a dream. The Northern Expedition took place in 228, and the Kongming faction Deng Zhi and Jiangdong have been repaired for three years!

Ma Liang let go of a burden in his heart, and felt much more relaxed at this moment, and couldn't help saying:

"If Jiangdong can contain Cao's army all the way, even if Zhang He is not coming so fast."

"As long as Shangbei can be captured, maybe it won't end so sloppily."

"In this way, the people of Longyou will not be affected."

Ma Liang is very sorry, after all, his hometown is now occupied by Cao thief.

I can also empathize with the people of Longyou.

Zhang Fei recalled Light Curtain's previous teasing and Sun Quan's history, and guessed:
"Could it be that another [-] soldiers were chased and beaten under the city of Hefei?"

"If it's just echoing, there's no need to attack Hefei." Guan Yu hesitated. It stands to reason that by encircling Hefei with a large army, Cao Wei can come to relieve the siege.

But for this uncle, Guan Yu really didn't dare to guarantee it.

This big uncle really can't be guessed by common sense.

And Kong Ming saw the last sentence just after recovering from "The crime of killing a husband".

Can't help but open my eyes wide:
"Liang gave Sun Quan an emperor title?!"

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