Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 177: The troops approach Ji County, Zhuge Liang persuades Jiang Wei to surrender (6K)

South bank of the Wei River.

Dazhai stands by the water.

In the account.

Wei Yan had a sullen look on his face, as if "don't mess with me" was clearly written all over his face.

Zhuge Liang, the commander, carefully examined Jiang Wei's "letter of surrender", praising him from time to time: "Wonderful! Wonderful! I never thought that there is a man like Jiang Wei in Ji County! It would be a blessing if we could recruit him for Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yi was puzzled: "Since Jiang Wei has sent a letter of surrender, it should not be difficult to recruit him. But from the Prime Minister's tone, it seems that he has doubts."

Zhuge Liang wrote a letter of surrender: "In the county, reputation is important; betraying the master and surrendering is a disgrace to the family. Even if Jiang Wei surrenders the city, he will be despised. This is not what a wise man would do.

If General Zhang had not dissuaded him, General Wei would have fallen into Jiang Wei's trap if he had gone to Ji County!"

Wei Yan was dissatisfied: "Prime Minister, you have never met Jiang Wei, but you concluded that Jiang Wei was pretending to surrender based on a letter of surrender. Isn't that too arbitrary?"

Zhuge Liang chuckled: "You can tell a person's character by looking at his handwriting; you can tell his talent by looking at his writing. If I am wrong, after we conquer Ji County, I will personally host a banquet for General Wei to apologize."

Wei Yan snorted coldly and turned his head away without saying anything.

Judging from his expression, he is not as depressed as before.

Obviously, Zhuge Liang's words just now relieved Wei Yan's anger a lot.

Meng Da glanced at Wei Yan and took the opportunity to offer a suggestion: "Since Prime Minister knows that Jiang Wei is pretending to surrender, why not use a strategy of alienation to instigate Ma Zun to be suspicious of Jiang Wei. Without Jiang Wei, with Ma Zun's talent, he will not be able to defend Ji County!"

In Meng Da's opinion: Ma Zun was suspicious by nature, and it was also a fact that he detained the families of officials, soldiers and civilians as hostages in Ji County; although Jiang Wei was offering a false letter of surrender, as long as he handled it properly, the false surrender could be turned into a real surrender.

Zhuge Liang also agreed with Meng Da's strategy.

The art of war is full of truth and falsehood. You can deceive me and I can deceive you.

When both sides use deception, victory or defeat depends on which of the two generals has a broader mind.

For example, when Liu Bang was fighting against Xiang Yu, Chen Ping's strategy of sowing discord caused unrest in the Chu camp.

Is there no wise man in the Chu camp?

Xiang Yu was suspicious by nature!
Seeing that Zhuge Liang agreed with the strategy, Meng Da immediately asked for permission to lead his troops to Ji County.

When Wei Yan heard this, he immediately said, "General Meng, it's not good for you to intercept my achievements. Zhang Qing is under my command. If you want to use the strategy of sowing discord, I will be the one to do it."

Meng Da laughed and said, "General Wei, that's wrong! I was the one who suggested this strategy of sowing discord, and you may not understand how to use it in detail."

Wei Yan snorted coldly: "General Meng, do you mean that I don't even know how to use a simple strategy to sow discord?"

Seeing the two men arguing again, Zhuge Liang skillfully took out two small jars.

"Old rules, whoever goes first." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

When they saw these two small jars, both Wei Yan and Meng Da felt their scalps tingling.

Wei Yan had won twice in a row and was feeling anxious. He couldn't possibly win every time he drew lots, right?

Meng Da lost twice in a row and felt disgusted. He dared not to continue drawing lots and gambling!
"General Meng, please." Wei Yan waved his hand and gave the right to catch first to Meng Da.

"General Wei, I can't take advantage of you. I've already caught you twice. Now it's your turn." Meng Da was even more polite.

Seeing that both of them were trying to give way, Zhuge Liang said, "Since both generals are unwilling to go first, I can only let General Zhang take charge."

"Wait!" Just as Zhang Yi was about to step forward, Meng Da said anxiously: "Let me go first!"

Taking a deep breath, Meng Da looked at the two small jars in front of him and chose the left one with determination.

When Meng Da saw that the note in the small jar was empty, he was dumbfounded.

Betting on dogs will lead to a bad death!

I will never gamble again in my life!
Wei Yan laughed: "General Meng, I'm grateful for your kindness!"

Meng Da said angrily: "You are lucky!"

And deep down, Meng Da was almost going crazy.

I lost three times in a row when drawing lots!
Am I so unlucky!
Zhuge Liang silently put away the small jar.

Wei Yan had an arrogant personality, even more arrogant than Meng Da.

Not only did he let Meng Da draw first, but Wei Yan would not look at the note in the other jar until Meng Da drew the lot.

Although they compared it three times, neither Meng Da nor Wei Yan suspected that there was something wrong with the paper in the small jar.

Wei Yan felt that he was lucky.

Meng Da felt that he was unlucky.

But the truth is, Zhuge Liang was playing tricks with Meng Da and Wei Yan.

A trick similar to the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave.

In order to be "fair", Meng Da and Wei Yan could not get close to the jar and could only nod left and right. It was Zhuge Liang who opened the jar.

Therefore.

No matter who chooses first between Meng Da and Wei Yan, the result will be the same!

Although the suppression of Meng Da was somewhat deliberate, Zhuge Liang knew very well that Wei Yan was the one who would never betray Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang had a scale in his heart to decide who to favor.

Meng Da, just follow along and do some small things.

As for fairness?

There is no absolute fairness in this world.

If you want fairness, you must first get your stance right.

Wei Yan and Zhang Yi were still the vanguards, Meng Da followed the main army, and another general was appointed to contain Wei general Zhou Tai under the city of Shanggui.

Li Yan did not follow along, but stayed in Xi County and pacified the people with Liu Chan.

Firstly, Li Yan did not want to compete with Wei Yan for that little military merit, and secondly, Li Yan wanted to get closer to Liu Chan and improve his relationship with him. It would be better to perform seriously in front of Liu Chan than to fight on the front line.

Zhuge Liang also didn't want Liu Chan to go too deep.

After all, Liu Chan was the crown prince, and he was not as brave and good at fighting as Liu Feng. If an accident really happened on the battlefield, Zhuge Liang would not be able to explain to Liu Bei.

Wei Yan and Zhang Yi, who received the military order, took Zhang Qing and fled to Ji County.

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

Taking the detour through Shanggui already wasted time. Zhuge Liang had to capture Ji County before Yongzhou Governor Guo Huai could react, so that he could use the detained officials, soldiers, civilians and their families in Ji County to collect soldiers, horses, money and food from the counties of Tianshui for his own use.

Otherwise, the more than 10,000 people coming from Dongchuan would not be able to stop Cao Wei's counterattack.

What Zhuge Liang had to face was not only Cao Wei's Yongzhou troops but also Cao Wei's Liangzhou troops!

"Just as Bo Yue expected, the Han army fell into the trap!" In Ji County, Ma Zun was quite excited about the arrival of the Han army.

Jiang Wei's face did not show any joy because of this. He advised: "Your Excellency, don't be careless. Zhang Qing has not returned yet, and I don't know if Zhuge Liang has seen through my false surrender plan."

Ma Zun was unconcerned: "Bo Yue is too cautious. If Liu Feng came to take Ji County, I might be a little bit afraid. Zhuge Liang is a Confucian scholar, and Liu Chan is just a teenager. These two are just here to get military merits.

However, Wei Yan did have some skills. Not only was he able to confront Governor Guo in Wudu with his own army, he also captured the three cities of Qishan along the way. If Bo Yue hadn't reminded me, I would have almost fallen into Wei Yan's trap.

As long as Wei Yan is captured and killed, Zhuge Liang won't have to worry about it!"

Jiang Wei glanced at Ma Zun indifferently and did not persuade him any further.

Waiting room.

Liang Xu entered and reported in a low voice: "Sir, I have contacted Zhang Qing. At three o'clock tonight, light a fire as a signal."

Ma Zun clapped his hands and said, "Alright! Today I will avenge Governor Guo for his defeat! If you help me accomplish this, I will definitely repay you!"

Seeing Ma Zun leave with a big laugh, Liang Xu glanced around and asked in a low voice: "Boyue, is this really the case? I'm a little worried!
I just asked Zhang Qing, but he didn't find out where Ma Chao was. Zhang Qing even met Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang, but he didn't see Ma Chao. It's quite suspicious.

Since even Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang have come, why wouldn't Ma Chao come? Could it be that Ma Chao has contacted the Qiang and Rong tribes again?"

Jiang Wei's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness: "If the Qiang and Rong come, I will destroy them! At present, the victory or defeat is still undecided, Bo Cheng, please relax for the time being."

The hatred towards the Qiang and Rong people is deep-rooted.

What Jiang Wei did not tell Liang Xu was the truth: If Zhuge Liang was also a person who would use the Qiang and Rong people to harm the people, then it would make no difference whether the world belonged to Han or Wei.

Seeing that Jiang Wei refused to speak clearly, Liang Xu stopped asking.

Although Liang Xu was a Gongcao, he was not as talented as Jiang Wei, and was even less capable than Jiang Wei in military affairs.

And outside the city.

Zhang Qing also told Wei Yan that he would light a fire as a signal at three o'clock tonight, and mentioned that Liang Xu had asked about Ma Chao's whereabouts.

"The General of Cavalry is naturally in Jiangling, so why would Liang Xu ask this?" Wei Yan suddenly became alert.

Zhang Qing was also from Tianshui County and had personal experience with the Qiang and Rong rebellions indirectly triggered by Ma Chao and Han Sui's rebellion. He said, "I heard that Jiang Wei's father died in the Qiang and Rong rebellions. I guess he was afraid that the General of the Cavalry would bring in the Qiang and Rong again."

"Is there such a thing?" Wei Yan couldn't help but frown.

Originally, Wei Yan was not sure whether Jiang Wei was pretending to surrender. When he learned that Liang Xu was trying to find out the whereabouts of Ma Chao and that Jiang Wei's father died in the rebellion of the Qiang and Rong people, Wei Yan realized that something was wrong.

[It seems that Ji County is really a trap! ]

Zhang Qing didn't know that Zhuge Liang had already changed his plan. He still thought he had a sure win tonight and his tone was quite excited:
"General, don't worry. It's been almost ten years since the Qiang and Rong rebellions that the General of the Cavalry started. Moreover, the General of the Cavalry is still in Jiangling. Jiang Wei, Liang Xu and others can't vent their anger on the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister, right?"

Wei Yan remained calm and asked: "Would you like to enter the city first tonight?"

Entering the city first is a great achievement!

Zhang Qing had already intended to do so, so he immediately responded, "Don't worry, General. I will take my brothers into the city tonight to find out the situation. If there is really an ambush, then it is my fate!"

It's three o'clock in the morning.

Sure enough, torches were raised on the top of the city wall, and Zhang Qing also lit a torch in response to the secret signal.

Not long after.

The north gate opens.

There were also torches at the city gates.

Zhang Qing led dozens of newly surrendered Wei soldiers and quickly ran to the city gate.

When he arrived at the city gate, he saw a strange general.

Zhang Qing was alert: "Where is Liang Gongcao?"

General Wei bowed and said, "I am Du Chen, the nephew of Liang Gongcao, and I have been ordered to help. Where are General Wei's men?"

Zhang Qing saw that Du Chen's attitude was sincere and did not seem fake, so he greeted him outside the city.

however.

Zhang Qing's response was a signal to retreat.

Zhang Qing was horrified.

retreat?

I just got here!

What does General Wei mean?
Du Chen hesitated and frowned and asked, "Zhang Quzhang, what's going on? We risked our lives to sneak open the city gate. Don't tell me that General Wei didn't come!"

Zhang Qing broke out in a cold sweat. "Don't worry, General Du. General Wei is cautious by nature. There must be a misunderstanding. Let me go back and ask."

Du Chen resisted the urge to draw his sword and told Zhang Qing to go and come back quickly.

Zhang Qing left dozens of people at the city gate and hurried back to see Wei Yan: "General, why don't you enter the city?"

"Who is at the city gate?" Wei Yan asked instead of answering.

Zhang Qing replied, "It's Du Chen, the nephew of Liang Gongcao."

Wei Yan sneered: "But is it someone you know?"

Zhang Qing shook his head: "I have never seen him. But this man is very sincere, it doesn't seem fake." Wei Yan's mouth showed contempt: "Before the robbers broke into the house to rob, they would pretend to be sincere and gentlemen. They would only start after they were sure that there were only the elderly and weak in the house. The Prime Minister is right, Jiang Wei is pretending to surrender!"

Zhang Qing's eyes suddenly widened, and he knelt down hurriedly to beg for mercy: "I really didn't know Jiang Wei was pretending to surrender, please understand, General!"

At this moment, Zhang Qing felt as if a group of divine beasts were roaring through his heart.

What kind of people are they? Why did it become Jiang Wei pretending to surrender?

Could it be that I was the one being fooled from the beginning to the end?
Zhang Qing thought he was smart enough, but what happened tonight made Zhang Qing confused.

"Get up! If you knew that Jiang Wei was pretending to surrender and deliberately concealed it, I would have killed you with a knife long ago." Wei Yan looked at the city gate coldly: "Go and call back your dozens of brothers, and then let Du Chen tell Jiang Wei that 'Doctor Jiang's kindness will be repaid in the future', and there is no need to say anything else, evacuate quickly."

Although Zhang Qing was confused after hearing this, he did not dare to ask more questions. He hurried back to the city gate and told Du Chen, "I will repay Doctor Jiang's kindness another day," and asked Du Chen to pass the message to Jiang Wei.

Du Chen looked at Zhang Qing and others who were fleeing in a hurry with a confused look on his face.

what's the situation?
Ran?

Will I repay Doctor Jiang’s kindness someday?

what for?

"General, could it be that Doctor Jiang leaked the secret?" A soldier nearby guessed in a low voice.

Du Chen scolded: "Nonsense! This plan was proposed by Doctor Jiang. Would Doctor Jiang leak the secret himself?"

The soldier lowered his head in grievance: "It's not like I haven't seen a thief cry thief before."

He does not mean that.

Du Chen was shocked and couldn't help but come to his senses.

The thief shouts to catch the thief?

Could it be that Jiang Wei did this on purpose?
First suggest that the governor set an ambush in the city, then secretly leak the information to the Han army, and when the time is right, capture the governor and surrender the city with the help of both inside and outside forces?
Think of this.

Du Chen couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
If Ma Zunruo was captured, Du Chen would not be able to escape.

Du Chen is not the nephew of Gongcao Liang Xu, but the nephew of Ma Zun!
Inside the city.

Ma Zun, who led his troops in ambush, became annoyed when he saw that the Han army had not entered the city for a long time.

It's cold on winter nights.

An ambush at night is not an easy thing to do.

If it weren't for his obsession with luring Wei Yan into the city and destroying him, Ma Zun would rather return to his mansion and sleep with his beautiful concubine in his arms. It would be impossible for him to ambush here in the cold night.

Between irritability.

Military Marquis Du Chen came hurriedly and said, "My Lord, the Han army has withdrawn."

"Retreat?" Ma Zun widened his eyes and stared at Du Chen in disbelief.

Du Chen then told the truth about Zhang Qing's coming and leaving, and then said, "When Zhang Qing left, he asked me to tell him that he would repay Doctor Jiang's kindness someday. My Lord, could it be that Jiang Wei is the thief crying 'Catch the thief'?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Ma Zun scolding: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Although he scolded her, looking at Ma Zun's expression, it was obvious that he had doubts about Jiang Wei.

It was Jiang Wei who advised Ma Zun not to rescue Shanggui.

It was Jiang Wei who persuaded Ma Zun to let Zhang Qing go.

It was Jiang Wei who advised Ma Zun to set an ambush tonight.

So could it be Jiang Wei who tipped off the Han army?
Ma Zun couldn't help but become suspicious.

Thinking about the fact that Jiang Wei, who always thought himself noble, would actually take the initiative to discuss military affairs, Ma Zun became even more suspicious of Jiang Wei.

Du Chen did not shut up because of Ma Zun's rebuke. Instead, he continued to suspect, "The officials in the city, such as Gongcao Liang Xu, Zhubu Yin Shang, and Zhuji Liang Qian, are all on good terms with Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei and others also rely on their reputation in Ji County and have always refused to obey the governor. If they see that the Han army is strong and rebel, they may capture the governor and offer him to the Han army.

The Lord of the Mansion must be on guard!"

Ma Zun snorted coldly: "I have soldiers and horses at my disposal, why should I be afraid of a group of clerks?"

Du Chen added: "Although the Lord has soldiers, Jiang Wei also has his own assassins. Jiang Wei has gained the Lord's trust. If Jiang Wei suddenly rebels when the Han army attacks the city, how can the Lord stop him?"

Ma Zun took a breath.

Ma Zun had seen the assassins recruited by Jiang Wei.

He doesn't farm on weekdays, but spends every day building up his strength and practicing killing techniques.

It is not uncommon to keep assassins in times of chaos. Any wealthy family with a little property will secretly keep assassins, one to protect the family and the clan when encountering a crisis, and two to find opportunities to make achievements.

This in itself is actually not a big problem.

When Ma Zun was not yet successful in his early years, he would secretly raise some assassins.

The problem is that Ma Zun does not trust the officials, soldiers and civilians in the county, and has no close relationship with Jiang Wei and others. Even if Jiang Wei offers a plan, Ma Zun cannot have enough trust in Jiang Wei and others!
[If Jiang Wei really has ulterior motives, I will be in danger in Ji County. The late emperor once said: I would rather betray others than be betrayed by others.]

Ma Zun felt a chill in his heart.

On the one hand, he sent someone to summon Jiang Wei, and on the other hand, he asked Du Chen to secretly surround Jiang Wei's mansion to prevent any accidents.

When Jiang Wei arrived, Ma Zun shouted angrily "Capture him", and several strong men quickly stepped forward and surrounded Jiang Wei with spears.

"What does this mean, Governor?"

Jiang Wei's face changed drastically. He didn't understand why Ma Zun suddenly turned hostile. He just vaguely guessed that it was related to tonight's ambush.

Ma Zun rebuked him, "Bo Yue, you are secretly communicating with Zhuge Liang and want to harm me. What else can I say?"

Jiang Wei was stunned: "Why do you say that? I have already informed you of my letter to Zhuge Liang. How can there be any secret communication?"

Ma Zun shouted, "How dare you quibble! If you hadn't secretly communicated with Zhuge Liang, how could the ambush tonight fail? I asked Du Chen to lie that I was Liang Xu's nephew and went to meet Zhang Qing, but Zhang Qing asked Du Chen to tell him that 'Doctor Jiang's kindness will be repaid someday.'

You are so good, Jiang Wei! First you advised me not to rescue Shanggui, then you advised me to let Zhang Qing go and lure the Han army into the city, but you informed the Han army at the critical moment.

Tonight, I will tire my soldiers out. Tomorrow, when the Han army attacks the city, you can take your soldiers and capture me and surrender the city. What a good plan!"

Jiang Wei was speechless.

There are too many inner dramas!
The analysis sounds reasonable, but in fact it is all nonsense!

Jiang Wei sighed secretly: "Don't believe it, Governor! This must be a plot by the Han army to sow discord between you and me, so that they can profit from it."

Ma Zun sneered: "You are just a small doctor, how can you fight with me? Why does the Han army want to alienate you and me?"

Seeing Ma Zun's aggressiveness, Jiang Wei also lost his temper: "What do you want, sir, to trust me?"

"It's very simple!" Ma Zun stopped pretending. "You have 200 warriors under your command, all of whom are capable of fighting. The Han army failed to succeed tonight, and will attack the city tomorrow. I know you are always brave and good at fighting. Tomorrow I will give you another 500 warriors, and you will go out of the city to fight the Han army. If you can win, I will trust you."

Jiang Wei secretly clenched his fists and now understood Ma Zun's intention.

If we say that Ma Zun had no suspicion that the Han army was using a strategy of sowing discord, then we would be underestimating Ma Zun. After all, he was a person trusted by Guo Huai and his intelligence would not be too bad.

Ma Zun wanted to use the Han army to weaken Jiang Wei's power, and use Jiang Wei's bravery to boost the morale of the defenders.

Ma Zun was indeed not good at military strategy, but he was good at political strategy.

Jiang Wei had never expected to be tricked by Ma Zun. He suppressed his anger and angrily promised: "Tomorrow I will go out of the city and kill the Han general to prove my reputation!"

Ma Zun then ordered the warriors to disperse and let Jiang Wei leave. He then called his trusted general Zheng Chao and instructed him, "Tomorrow you will lead 500 brave soldiers out of the city with Jiang Wei. If Jiang Wei dares not to do his best, just shoot him!"

the other side.

Jiang Wei returned to his mansion angrily, only to find that his mansion was surrounded by Du Chen!

"I didn't expect that Ma Zun would scheme against me!"

He originally wanted to test Zhuge Liang's level and attitude to determine what method to use to protect his family and clan, but he did not expect that Ma Zun would be more skilled in playing the game of checks and balances.

Although Jiang Wei is both civil and military, he lost his father at a young age and had just come of age. In terms of political schemes and scheming, he is obviously too inexperienced compared to Ma Zun, a veteran who has been in the business for decades.

Just thinking of his widowed mother and wife at home, Jiang Wei had to suppress his inner shame and anger and force himself to calm down.

(The Han army's strategy of sowing discord was not very clever. It seemed that they were certain that even if Ma Zun knew it was a strategy of sowing discord, he would pretend to fall into it.

The Art of War says: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. It seems that the fact that Ma Zun was at odds with the officials, soldiers and civilians in the county has been confirmed by the Han army. Since they knew that they were at odds, it would be the best strategy to quickly capture Ji County.

Although Zhang Qing claimed that it was the magistrate of Xi County who rebelled, if it was really the magistrate of Xi County who rebelled, his family members in Ji County would surely be convicted and suffer. It would be difficult to win the support of the people if he ignored the families of the surrendered.

If my guess is correct, it was Magistrate Li who rebelled and helped the Han army launch a surprise attack on Qishan City. Then Zhang Qing surrendered and helped the Han army capture Xi County. In order to protect Magistrate Li's family from being convicted and suffering, Zhang Qing lied that it was Magistrate Xi County who rebelled.

Although Ma Zun had schemed against me, the culprit was not Ma Zun.

Haha, Ma Zun, Ma Zun, you thought you had seen through the plot of sowing discord and you could pretend to be tricked to plot against me, but you didn't know that this was the real intention of the Han army.

As long as I go to battle tomorrow to prove my innocence, the situation will no longer be under your control. 】

After calming down his inner shame and anger, Jiang Wei calmly accepted the reality.

If you lose, you lose.

Whether the Han army is more powerful or Ma Zun is more skilled in chess depends on how the situation changes tomorrow.

As expected.

The next day.

The Han army was at the gates of the city, with spears and flags like a forest. Large flags such as "Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang" and "Han Zhenbei General Wei Yan" were flying in the wind.

And the city gate.

A general holding a spear rode out on his horse, leading hundreds of soldiers. It was Jiang Wei who was ordered to fight.

Jiang Wei stood in the middle of the field and shouted, "Jiang Boyue of Tianshui is here. Is the person who comes here the Prime Minister of Han, Zhuge Gong?"

Seeing Jiang Wei's extraordinary demeanor and politeness, Zhuge Liang admired him and said, "What a great sergeant! It's a pity that Zilong is not here. It will be difficult to capture him alive today."

Think about it for a moment.

Zhuge Liang also rode out, shouting and laughing: "General, you are a very decent person, why did you lose your virginity to a thief?"

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "The emperor of today is the Han emperor who abdicated and established the Wei Dynasty. I am a general of Wei, so how can I lose my virginity to a thief?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Ma Zun on the top of the city wall and responded loudly: "General, since you know the past events of the Han and Wei dynasties, haven't you heard about the fact that Cao Pi forced the emperor to abdicate?
In the past, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty under the pretext of abdication, but he was eventually cursed in history. Today, Cao Wei’s harsh policies oppress the people, and the frequent Qiang rebellions put the people on the border in dire straits. This is truly not what a benevolent person would do.

My lord is the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and he continued the orthodox lineage of Yanhan in Xichuan. The general is both civil and military, but he has submitted to a suspicious lord. Haven't you heard that a wise bird chooses the tree to roost in?

If the general is willing to abandon the dark and join the light, I will definitely recommend the general to be your Majesty's right-hand man. In the future, he will assist the wise ruler to revive the Han Dynasty and make great achievements. He will be a hero!"

Jiang Wei stood on his horse with his spear in hand, his eyes sharp as a torch, and shouted: "Mr. Zhuge, what you said is wrong!

Although I am not talented, I know loyalty and righteousness. I eat the salary of Wei and guard the land of Wei. How can I betray my master and seek glory just because of Zhuge Gong's three-inch tongue?

Furthermore.

In the past, Emperor Wu of Wei pacified the northern border and pacified the Central Plains, thus saving the people from the chaos of war.

Today, the Emperor has received the mandate from Heaven and the world is gradually at peace. However, Lord Zhuge led his troops to invade, causing panic among the people of Tianshui and reigniting the war in Longyou. This is truly not the act of a benevolent person.

In the past, Ma Chao led the Qiang and Hu tribes to massacre Ji County, and my father was also killed in the chaos. Today, Zhuge is leading his troops to attack the border. Will he do the same?"

Zhuge Liang admired it again.

He knew loyalty and had a benevolent heart. Although he praised Cao Wei, he always called Zhuge Liang "Mr. Zhuge" and never belittled the Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "General, you are loyal, righteous and kind-hearted. I admire you.

Liang was also saddened by the disaster that Ji County had suffered in the past. Therefore, although he could have called on the Qiang and Hu troops to help in this northern expedition, he did not do so. Along the way, he also strictly prohibited any acts that disturbed the people.

The Qiang and Hu are a nuisance because they do not know how to farm and practice etiquette. Those who are good at governing the Qiang and Hu should use both kindness and power. I wonder if the general is willing to help me?"

And on the city wall behind.

Ma Zun's face turned pale, and he shouted sternly: "Jiang Boyue, stop talking to this bandit, and quickly defeat the bandit and kill the enemy!"

Jiang Wei's expression changed, and there was even more shame and anger in his eyes.

A gentleman should not use force when speaking, and it would be beneath his dignity to use force. Ma Zun's shout instantly ruined the "debate" in which Jiang Wei had the upper hand.

(End of this chapter)