The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Yan Xing was very happy when he returned to his residence.He had discussed with Sima Yi last night. Only by firmly controlling Han Sui can he concentrate the military power in his own hands step by step.Although Yan Xing was Han Sui's son-in-law, he was actually almost the same as Han Sui's son.When Han Sui rebelled with Beigong Boyu, Yan Xing was an orphan picked up by Han Sui from the side of the road. Because Han Sui saw that Yan Xing was not afraid of them, he felt that this boy was a good man, so he took him into the mansion.

Yan Xing followed Han Sui in the southern and northern wars, and was appreciated by Han Sui for his repeated military exploits, so he betrothed his daughter to him.Yan Xing and Han Sui are actually the same people, they both belong to the kind of people who swear not to give up in order to achieve their goals.In order to control the rebels in Xiliang, Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang who had joined the army, gathered all the soldiers and horses under his command, negotiated with the court, and obtained the official position of protecting Qiang Zhonglang, and ruled Xiliang for more than a dozen years. Year.

The same is true for Yan Xing today. He feels that Han Sui is too old to grasp the trend of the times. He has asked Han Sui to stand on his own many times, but Han Sui refuses, so there is a rift in the relationship between father and son with Han Sui, and he always wants to replace him one day.The arrival of Sima Yi made Yan Xing feel that the time was right, so he started his own plan.

"The old man made you a military adviser today, so we can blatantly gather military power!" Yan Xing drank a glass of wine, his face excited: "Just get rid of those generals who are loyal to the old man, and the rest will be fine. Do more."

Sima Yi nodded: "But the general should be careful, and don't act too hastily. Although Han Sui relies on us, I can see that he is very shrewd. If he is not serious, he will be played by him in the applause."

"You can rest assured about this, I've followed him for so long, and I understand his temperament a little bit!" Yan Xing drank one cup after another. He was happy today, so he drank a few more glasses.

The two drank from the afternoon until late at night, and had a good time talking over glasses, but they didn't think of the saying that walls have ears.Their banquet was not over yet, and the content of their conversation had already reached Han Sui's ears.Han Sui waved his hand and sent the people down, sneering a few times: "You want to fight with me, you are still young! Come on, Chuan Candidate, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Ma Wan and others come in !"

Candidates, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Ma Wan, plus Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu who are in Tianshui are called the Eight Generals.Han Sui's soldiers and horses were divided into ten divisions. Except for his personal guards, Yan Xing led an army, and the rest of the troops were concentrated in the hands of these eight people.They were all people who raised troops with Han Sui.When Han Sui was working in Liangzhou in Jincheng, these eight people were the eight personal guards under Han Sui.Beigong Boyu hijacked Han Sui and asked him to rebel together. Han Sui agreed in order to save his life. Then he pulled the eight people under his command and assigned troops to become a force in the rebel army.

For more than ten years, the eight generals have been loyal to Han Sui, and they have lived and prospered with Han Sui, even closer than Han Sui's son.Several people came to Han Sui's bedroom one after another, and Han Sui sat beside the couch with his clothes on.The candidate asked: "My lord, why did you invite me here late at night?"

Han Sui smiled: "It's not a big deal, I just want you to remember one sentence, you are all my old arrangements, if I fall, you will probably have no bones left, you must see clearly the target in front of the interests, Er Do you understand?"

This sentence is nonsensical.Although everyone didn't understand, they seemed to feel the seriousness of the problem in their hearts.After sending off the crowd, Han Sui left the candidate alone.The candidate is the oldest among the eight, and also the earliest one to follow Han Sui, who has always been regarded as an arm by Han Sui.Before Han Sui could speak, the candidate spoke first: "Are they going to act? I'll send troops to arrest them all!"

"No need!" Han Sui waved his hand: "Not yet, let's see who is their mastermind behind the scenes? Although Yan Xing is ruthless, he is not so courageous. There must be someone behind him. If you don't find this person , there will be Zhang Xing and Li Xing!"

The candidate nodded: "This subordinate understands! I will send someone to monitor Yan Xing, and report any changes immediately."

According to Sima Yi though, Long Fei came back to attack.Everyone in Xiliang waited tensely for a month, but nothing happened.Long Fei's army horses were still huddled in Hanzhong City, not only did not show signs of coming out, on the contrary they increased their defenses against Yangping Pass.This uncharacteristic performance made everyone in Xiliang lose their chance to make a move.Those people who were moved back to the city died a lot because they had no living supplies.The people complained.

Sima Yi suggested to Han Sui to give some of the military rations to the people, but Han Sui flatly refused.But Yan Xing publicized the matter, and took out food from his home to distribute to the people.With this move, Han Sui knew that Yan Xing was trying to win people's hearts.But Han Sui had no choice but to know but could do nothing.

Han Sui also wanted to help the people, but the military rations were not rich in the first place. If they were distributed to the people, the [-] Xiliang army would go to the northwest wind before March.The person sent to buy food from Yizhou said that Long Fei blocked the checkpoint leading to Hanzhong, and all merchants were only allowed to enter but not to exit.If they want to get enough food, they have to detour to Jingzhou. The food shipped out after such a toss is not enough for the porter's rations.

Because of the food problem, Han Sui's business with the surrounding foreigners also stopped.The shortage of food in Liangzhou requires a lot of money to buy food from Chang'an and other food-deficient places. In just three months, the price of food in Chang'an City has skyrocketed, almost equivalent to gold. Even so, there is no food to buy.The people left Chang'an one after another, and the population of Chang'an dropped by half.The guard Xia Houyuan was sweating profusely.

Prefect Zhang Ji asked Cao Cao for help many times, but Cao Cao was worried about the disaster in Hebei and had no time to take care of it.Xia Houyuan had no choice but to order the border of Chang'an to be sealed off, so that everyone could not wait to come in and out.As a result, life in Xiliang became even more difficult.Han Sui urgently summoned everyone to come to discuss the matter. The current situation is not that Long Fei wants to invade Liangzhou, but wants to force them to death.I don't know who gave Long Fei the attention. Without food and grass, Liangzhou will fall into a passive state again.

Sima Yi said: "This person must know Liangzhou like the back of his hand, otherwise he wouldn't get along with such a way of killing everyone!"

"Ma Chao! It must be Ma Chao!" Han Sui immediately remembered that Ma Chao was the only one of Long Fei's subordinates who had stayed in Liangzhou: "I should have killed him in the first place, because raising a tiger is a problem!"

"My lord, let's figure out how to get through this crisis for the time being. As for Ma Chao, we'll talk about it later!" The candidate brought the topic back on track: "Our food reserves are only enough for March, and now spring has just begun, and the common people have nothing to eat. Even if it can survive until autumn, it will only be relieved for a while, and it will still be the same next year!"

"What do you think we should do? Could it be that we don't want a hundred thousand troops?" Han Sui said casually, and Yan Xing's eyes suddenly lit up: "This is also a way. The art of war is more refined than numerous, and Long Fei's soldiers are more powerful." It is only one hundred thousand, but they control the two prefectures of Jing and Yi, and now they have Hanzhong. Cao Cao claims that millions of people dare not spy on them. Disarmament may be a way! Following Cao Cao’s example of farming, not only can we survive the immediate crisis, but we will not have to pay for food in the future Worry about the problem!"

"Crack!" Han Sui slapped Yan Xing without hesitation: "Nonsense! Because we have an army of [-], Long Fei and Cao Cao dare not underestimate them. Without the army horses, they will rush over immediately, even if they starve the people to death." , nor can we abolish troops and horses!"

Yan Xing's face swelled instantly, and murderous aura burst out from his eyes.Sima Yi gently patted the corner of Yan Xing's clothes, Yan Xing suppressed his anger, sat aside and stopped talking.Seeing that Han Sui was angry, the rest of the people stopped talking. After a long time, Han Sui said: "From today on, three meals a day will be replaced by two meals. How long can we last? It's really not good, so it's easy for Long Fei to fight!"

That being said, Han Sui didn't have the courage to let him fight Long Fei.But the problem of food and grass is indeed a big problem.Han Sui drank cup after cup, feeling depressed.A fast horse broke into the subordinate office directly, and the knight jumped down and handed the bamboo tube behind his back to Han Sui: "My lord, Tianshui urgently reports!"

Han Sui quickly unfolded.Only a little confused.I thought it was Long Fei calling, but I saw the word Cao Jun written on it.Han Sui threw the bamboo tube down hard on the ground: "Too much bullying! Too much bullying! Sending orders..." As soon as the words came out, he felt that it was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, it shouldn't be.Cao Cao has no grievances with himself, so there is no reason to attack at this time.

Han Sui hesitated, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ji also hesitated.In the past two days, a group of Xiliang troops have repeatedly harassed Chang'an.They didn't really fight, they retreated immediately at the slightest touch, and before leaving, they took away all the food in the nearby villages and towns.After Zhang moved the people into the city, the group still enjoyed it, harassing and retreating on time every day.

Zhang didn't understand.Xia Houyuan laughed and said: "How can a small trick fool me! Order to guard the city wall, as long as they don't attack, let them wander outside the city!"

Both sides were not fooled, Meng Shuo was a little annoyed, looking at his clothes, ceremonial guards, and the outfits of the soldiers, there was no mistake at all, why no one on both sides was fooled after so many days.After pondering for several days, I had to ask Guo Jia for help.After listening to Meng Shuo's narration, Guo Jia looked at Chen Dao and said, "You still claim to be a descendant of the Meng family. I don't even understand this! Someone must have figured it out! With Xia Houyuan's shrewdness, you are undoubtedly telling him your purpose. Chengyi and Yang Qiu must have got Han Sui's letter, so they didn't leave the city!"

"Then what should I do? If I can't lure them into taking the bait, how can I give orders to the Lord? Please enlighten me!"

Guo Jia didn't speak, just picked up his wine gourd and shook it twice.Meng Shuo immediately said: "As long as you give me an idea, I will get you three bottles of the Lord's treasure!"

"Okay! It's a deal!" Guo Jia laughed and motioned for Meng Shuo to listen to him.Lying next to Mengshuo's ear, muttering for a while, Mengshuo's depressed face showed a smile, and he kept nodding.After Guo Jia finished speaking, Meng Shuo looked at Guo Jia: "Sure enough, he is a genius. If the person who killed him still doesn't move, then take down Wuwei in one fell swoop and see if he doesn't move!"

Meng Shuo turned his head and ran away, Guo Jia hurriedly shouted: "Don't forget your promise!" Meng Shuo had already disappeared.