The Assassin Empire of the Three Kingdoms

The princes from all walks of life are busy preparing for the war. Cao Cao dispatched troops to prepare to attack Jiangdong. Naturally, Sun Quan could not just sit idly by and hurriedly sent people to step up the defense around the Yangtze River.Long Fei was already ready to attack Liangzhou, if Xia Houyuan was indifferent, he had no choice but to go on his own.The whole land of Dahan once again erupted with fiery passion, which could be ignited at any time.

Xia Houyuan hesitated for a long time, carefully considered Jiang Wei's words, and discussed with Zhang Ji many times.From the bottom of his heart, Xia Houyuan still agreed with Jiang Wei's plan. As long as the timing is right, it is not impossible to win Liangzhou.However, Cao Cao never replied, and even sent troops to the south, which made Xia Houyuan dare not make mistakes.Without Cao Cao's support, with this little force in his hand, even if Xiliang was taken, he would not be able to hold it.

On this day, Xia Houyuan called Zhang Ji and Jiang Wei away again, still because of Liangzhou affairs.Jiang Wei supported the attack as always, but Zhang Ji still opposed it.The reason is very simple, it is the lack of follow-up troops that Xia Houyuan is worried about.But Jiang Wei's reasons are also very good. As long as Liangzhou is taken, Liangzhou's soldiers and horses will naturally belong to them. With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as their backing, they can stop Long Fei. sit idly by.

Jiang Weidao: "Although Long Fei has two prefectures, Jing and Yi, but there are not many soldiers and horses. Except for the necessary troops, there are not many left. There is no possibility of fighting on both sides. We are different. The hundreds of thousands of troops are divided into attacks and Long Fei is exhausted. , this is a good opportunity to disrupt Long Fei's plan."

Zhang Jidao: "Even so, Long Fei's army is invincible in the world, if you are not careful..."

Jiang Wei smiled and said: "The prefect has filtered it! Xiliang is bitterly cold. Han Sui and Yan Xing are not the masters of recharging their energy. Since Han Sui raised his troops, Xiliang has been fighting for more than ten years. The people have long been exhausted. We can’t support Long Fei’s army with food and grass, although they are powerful, the transportation of food and grass can only come from Hanzhong, the more difficult it is to transport westward, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to eat when we get to Wuwei!”

"Hahaha..." Xia Houyuan laughed loudly: "Bo Yue is truly a rare talent! If he succeeds in taking Xiliang, he will definitely show the King of Wei to celebrate Boyue's achievements!"

"Thank you, General! Since that's the case, this subordinate will go down and make arrangements to divide the people I brought into several groups, and act as guides to lead the way for the General!" Jiang Wei clasped his hands and went out.

Zhang Ji kept looking at Jiang Wei's back until he disappeared outside the door, then turned his head to Xia Houyuan and said, "General, I always think this Jiang Wei is a bit strange. I heard that his family members were killed by the Dragon Army, but Jiang Wei He didn't show any resentment towards Long Jun, but he hated Xiliang people too much, which seems strange."

"What? Prefect Zhang is worried that Jiang Wei is lying to us?" Xia Houyuan asked.

Zhang Ji shook his head: "I have been observing Jiang Wei for several times. He is indeed a rare talent. If he can really be used by us, it would be a good thing. I'm just worried."

Xia Houyuan said: "Brother Chang Dao has no doubts about employing people. Since you have decided to employ him, then let him do it with confidence and boldness!"

Within two days, news finally came from Chang'an.Xia Houyuan decided to raise troops to attack Xiliang.Moreover, without notifying Cao Cao, he acted privately.After the army assembled, Xia Houyuan ordered Jiang Wei to be the vanguard, and left Zhang to guard Chang'an, and led the troops himself.According to their plan, Xiliang must be captured within ten days.To attack Xiliang, the first stop is Tianshui.Today's Tianshui is occupied by Ma Chao, if the attack is to start a war with the dragon army, how to do it has become the first difficulty before Xia Houyuan's eyes.

Jiang Wei said: "General, the general has met Ma Chao once, and the general can go to persuade Ma Chao! Ma Chao also has hatred with Xiliang, if he can let Tianshui out, it will be a good thing."

Xia Houyuan nodded: "It seems that this is the only way to do it!"

When Jiang Wei went to Tianshui, he saw Ma Chao's powerful statement, and promised to return Ma Teng's bones and all the land of the Ma family in Xiliang if he captured Xiliang. At the same time, he handed over Yan Xing to Ma Chao.Speaking of the relationship between Yan Xing and Ma Chao, there is indeed a deep hatred.When Han Sui was still a rebel, he and Ma Teng were two opposing factions. Han Sui was defeated by Ma Teng and lost three thousand troops.In order to express himself, Yan Xing volunteered to assassinate Ma Chao for Han Sui.

Yan Xing caught Ma Chao by surprise and stabbed Ma Chao with a spear in the dark, almost killing Ma Chao.After Han Sui and Ma Teng put aside their suspicions, in order to avenge Ma Chao, Han Sui flogged Yan Xing until his skin was torn to pieces.Since then, the hatred between the two has been buried.For many years, Han Sui and Ma Teng have worshiped each other, and Ma Chao still glared at Yan Xing when they met.

After Ma Teng's death, it was Yan Xing who encouraged Han Sui to persecute Ma Chao and drive Ma Chao out of Xiliang.According to common sense, Ma Teng's status in Xiliang was higher than Han Sui's, and the two became sworn brothers, but Ma Teng was in charge of everything.After a hundred years from Ma Teng, Xiliang should be handed over to Ma Chao.It was because of Yan Xing's mischief that Han Sui drove Ma Chao away.Now that Han Sui is dead, how can Ma Chao not be angry that Yan Xing has proclaimed himself King of Xiliang.

Jiang Wei ran into the big tent with a smile on his face, grabbed the jugs on the tables next to him, and took a few gulps: "General, I'm overjoyed! Ma Chao has agreed to give up Tianshui!"

"Oh? Seriously?" Xia Houyuan was delighted, his eyes were shining brightly: "Ma Chao wants to disobey Long Fei's military order and give up Tianshui?"

"Exactly! But it's not disobedience to the military order!" Jiang Wei said: "Long Fei handed over all matters in Xiliang to Ma Chao, and the matter of giving up Tianshui is naturally included in it. and hand over Yan Xing to Ma Chao, Ma Chao is willing to return to Hanzhong!"

"Hahaha... God help me too!" Xia Houyuan laughed loudly, patted Jiang Wei on the shoulder, and said happily: "Bo Yue has made another remarkable achievement! From today on, you will be the lieutenant general!"

Sure enough, Ma Chao withdrew from Tianshui three days later, and Xia Houyuan successfully won it. This first step was extremely beautiful.Knowing that Xiahouyuan had raised troops to attack Xiliang, Cao Cao really wished he could bring Xiahouyuan back and kill him.Now it's a done deal, and there's nothing we can do about it.Looking at Zhang Ji's letter, Cao Cao said angrily: "Miaocai missed me! Send someone to recall Miaocai immediately, and don't go deep into Xiliang!"

Dong Zhao shook his head: "I'm afraid it's too late now. Zhang Ji said in the letter that General Xiahou has already captured Tianshui. Judging from the current situation, he must have been caught by Long Fei's trick. It may not be easy for Xiang to withdraw. My lord can immediately increase troops to Chang'an." , to ensure the safety of the rear, and to send troops to support General Xiahou, and not to underestimate the enemy and rush forward!"

"The army has gone south, where can the soldiers and horses be transferred to Chang'an?" Jiang Ji sighed.

Liu Ye said: "We can divide a part of the troops going south to support Chang'an, so that we can guarantee..."

Dong Zhao sneered: "Guarantee? Guarantee for what? As far as the troops going south are insufficient, the 30 troops back then were not enough to defeat Long Fei, but now there are only 8 or [-], which is not enough to pose a threat to Long Fei! My lord !" Dong Zhaoyi turned to Cao Cao and said, "Since General Xiahou has opened up the situation in Xiliang, we might as well call back the army and send more troops to Xiliang. If we hold Xiliang, we can divide the north and the south with the Long army!"

"It's a long journey, I'm afraid..." Cheng Yu didn't finish the second half of the sentence.

Sima Lang said: "Lord Cheng, don't worry, as long as the army arrives in time, I guarantee Xiliang will be safe!"

"Oh? Master Sima actually has this kind of ability? Tell me about it?" Sima Lang didn't have a high status in the Cao army, and his reputation was not good. He and his third brother Sima Fu often stayed together and rarely had contact with others.Moreover, the two brothers always give people a sinister feeling when doing things, and Cao Jun's people don't like them either.Of course Cheng Yu wanted to hear what he had to say when he spoke out.

Sima Lang said: "To tell you the truth, my second brother is currently in Xiliang, as long as I write a letter, my second brother can persuade Yan Xing to surrender to the lord, so that Xiliang can be taken down quickly and let the Long Fei was caught off guard! Then the army arrived, and even if Long Fei had any plans, it would be useless."

Sima Lang threw this news out of the blue, even Cao Cao was shocked.I just heard that the Sima family has many talents, and Sima Bada is quite famous in Hanoi, but I have never heard that Sima Lang's second brother is in Xiliang.Everyone looked at Sima Lang, and Sima Lang said: "This matter is also a coincidence, the second brother has already expressed his willingness to serve the Lord, and please give the Lord a chance, and consider Xiliang as a gift from the second brother to the Lord!"

After a long time, Cao Cao suddenly laughed: "Good! Very good! Mr. Sima can contact your second brother immediately. As long as Xiliang is willing to surrender, Yan Xing will still guard Xiliang for General Xiliang!"

At the same time, Cao Cao ordered Yu Jin and others assembled in Shouchun to immediately go west and go to Chang'an to garrison.Cao Jun left Shouchun, and Jiangdong suddenly felt uncomfortable without his opponent.It was difficult to take back the exposed strength, tens of thousands of pawns were just in front of Long Fei.All along, Sun Quan has been extra careful. In order to reassure Long Fei, he tried his best to hide his strength, but now he leaked it all.

Just when Sun Quan wanted to hide the soldiers and horses again, Jiang Gan arrived with the imperial edict.Sun Quan was shocked, and hurriedly consulted with the people, Cheng Pu shouted to drive Long Jun out of Jiangdong.Zhang Zhao shook his head and said with a smile: "The dragon army and navy can reach Jianye at any time. It is difficult to fight with infantry alone, let alone fight. Zhang Liao's army is in Chaisang. If there is a real fight, there will be Gao Lan to help out. We even ran Can't run away!"

Sun Quan asked Lu Su, "What can Zijing do?"

Lu Su shook his head: "Cao Cao played tricks this time. If Cao Cao is outside, we have so many soldiers and horses. Maybe Long Fei will provide food, grass and military equipment. Now that Cao Cao is going west, we have no foreign enemies. The biggest possibility is Long Fei. The Feihui asked us to disband our troops, and in terms of the current situation, we have no choice but to do so!"

"It's unreasonable!" Cheng Pu was furious: "Long Fei is too deceitful. He is the king of Chu, and the lord is the king of Wu. They are both great kings. Why do you listen to Long Fei? At worst, let's fight and see who has the best soldiers and horses." !"

"The old general is speaking out of anger! Don't worry about it, Zijing, just keep talking!" Sun Quan naturally didn't want to fight, and he knew the strength of the Long Army very well.

Lu Su continued: "There is also a way to disband soldiers and horses. You can turn soldiers and horses into county soldiers for defense in peacetime and gather them for use in wartime! If you do this, even Long Fei can't say anything!"

"Such a small plan, I can't hide it from Long Fei!" Zhang Zhao shook his head: "In my opinion, it's better to send an army north. Now that Long Fei is competing with Cao Cao for Xiliang, we can attack the rear of Cao's army by going north, which can be regarded as a benefit for Long Fei." Share the pressure, so Long Fei should have nothing to say!"