Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 326

The Shenlang Qiang were surrendered, and Xue Rengui immediately moved them to various counties in Wudu.Pang Ji also became busy, and Li Hongzhang and others also helped settle the Qiang people.

Xue Rengui will only leave [-] Qiang cavalry, because he has no cavalry in his army, and he needs some Qiang cavalry as scouts.Although Xue Rengui looked down on these Qiang people, because they had no military discipline at all.But Xue Rengui still treats them equally. There are prosecutors in the army, and they are not responsible for others, but they prevent such things as empty pay and mistreatment of soldiers.

This kind of thing was too common in ancient times, Zhang Yi must put an end to it.The salaries and rewards he gave to the generals are definitely quite a lot, but if they still try to embezzle them, Zhang Yi will definitely not be merciful.It is precisely because of these prosecutors that Zhang Yi can ensure the elite and morale of the soldiers, and be able to win more with less.

With the help of Li Hongzhang and others, Pang Ji settled the Qiang people within a month, assigned county magistrates, and rectified the administration of officials. All corrupt officials were cleaned up.The laws enacted by Zhang Yi are not a joke. Everyone was told on the first day they entered the Academy of Arts that they must abide by the law.

The prefect is responsible for appeasing one party, and can reduce the punishment as appropriate, but he will never go unpunished.The death penalty can be commuted to life imprisonment, and it will definitely not become ten years or 20 years.Only after meritorious service or good performance in the prison can the sentence be commuted. This is what Zhang Yi has learned from the modern prison system, and everything must be followed by laws.

After rectifying corrupt officials, the Qiang people also felt that clean officials had come.So he settled down and cooperated with the various calls of the government very much.

When Xue Rengui pacified Wudu, Cao Cao and Ma Chao also started a war.

Cao Cao sent troops across the Weishui River from the north to the south of the Weishui River, threatening the place where Ma Chao camped.Ma Chao and Han Sui had no choice but to retreat to Weikou to prevent Cao Cao's army from continuing to cross the Wei River.

Cao Cao was not a fuel-efficient lamp either. He set up suspicious soldiers many times, used boats to secretly cross the Wei River with soldiers and horses, built a pontoon bridge, and established a firm foothold in the south of the Wei River.

Ma Chao and Han Sui led the coalition forces to attack, but were defeated by Cao Cao's ambush.Ma Chao and others were stationed in Weinan and wrote to Cao Cao, wanting to cut off the Hexi area and talk to Cao Cao.But what Cao Cao wanted was not just Hexi, but Guanzhong and Xiliang.

Ma Chao and Han Sui continued to attack Cao Cao's camp. Cao Cao did not have many men and horses crossing the south bank of the Wei River.If you start a war with Ma Chao at this time, you will definitely suffer a big loss.

At this time, Lou Gui made a note, "Prime Minister, it's freezing cold now, we can fetch water and pour it into an ice wall to keep Xiliang soldiers out."

Cao Cao thought this was a good note, so he asked the soldiers to follow suit.

Lou Gui is from Nanyang. He was attached to Liu Biao at the beginning, and later attached to Cao Cao.He and Cao Cao are old friends and have known each other since the early years.Under Cao Cao, he usually doesn't show his mountains and dews, but at this time he came up with a good idea.

However, the method of pouring ice to cast a city is still good. A city wall can be poured in a few days in the freezing weather.Of course, it is impossible to pour out a city overnight as written in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".Even if a six or seven-foot wall of ice is poured, it will take several days. If a city is poured, it will be impossible within three to five months.

But even within a few days, Ma Chao and others were surprised.With a city wall, their cavalry could not rush behind the wall.Cao Bing's crossbows fired continuously behind the ice wall and repelled the two attacks.When Ma Chao and others saw that the attack was completely losing troops and generals, they stopped attacking.

Ma Chao and Han Sui kept sending people over to challenge Cao Bing, wanting Cao Bing to step out of the ice wall and fight them fairly.But Cao Cao just didn't send troops, but kept accumulating strength.

Cao Cao was not in a hurry, but Ma Chao and Han Sui were in a hurry. They had been stationed here for several months, and their food and grass were a bit low.The soldiers in the camp were impatient, and the generals no longer had illusions about defeating Cao Cao.

Conflict broke out among the coalition forces, and many people wanted to make peace with Cao Cao.Ma Chao couldn't support himself alone, so he had to agree.Han Sui sent someone to ask for peace with Cao Cao, willing to send the hostages to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sneered after reading the letter, of course he would not believe that these people were sincere.They also had hostages in Xuchang before, but they still said it was the opposite.

At this time, Jia Xu suggested: "There is discord within the Xiliang army, and the Lord and Han Sui have an old friend. We can use this to drive a wedge between him and Ma Chao. Ma Chao is brave and foolish, so he will definitely fall into the trap."

After Cao Cao heard this, he nodded immediately, and then wrote back saying that he agreed to the peace talks.

Ma Chao didn't want to make peace with Cao Cao, after all, this was his father-killing enemy.Ma Chao wanted to arrest Cao Cao during the peace talks.So he placed six dendrobium rice sacs in front of the horse to measure Cao Cao's weight, and then rode the horse back and forth.But before it was implemented, Han Sui heard that Cao Cao had a fierce general Xu Chu, so he gave up this idea.

Cao Cao and Han Sui chatted happily in front of the two armies. After all, they were old friends and they could talk a lot.

After the talk, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Han Sui, but there were many smears in the letter.Sure enough, Ma Chao fell for the trick, and he and Han Sui became suspicious of each other.

Cao Cao took the opportunity to launch an attack and fought with Xiliang soldiers in the Weinan area.Xiliang soldiers were defeated, and Cheng Yi, Li Kan and others were killed.Ma Chao and Han Sui retreated to Liangzhou, intending to make a comeback.

Although Cao Cao won a great victory, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, which made Cao Cao regret it a bit.Wei Kai once dissuaded Ma Chao when he forced Ma Chao back, but he didn't listen.Looking back now, even if he knew the result, Cao Cao would still do it.Although the casualties are heavy, restraining Zhang Yi is the most important thing.

Cao Cao immediately sent troops to pursue him. During this period, Ma Chao and Han Sui once again sent people to ask for peace, demanding that the land west of Hexi be cut off.Cao Cao still did not agree and continued to pursue.

Ma Chao withdrew to Shanggu, and Ren Yang of Hanyang led people to meet Ma Chao.

When Cao Cao pursued to Anding County, he received the news that Zhang Yi had captured Wudu County and stabilized the Qiang people in Wudu, who might go north at any time.

Ma Chao also heard that soldiers and horses had appeared, so he sent people to Wudu County, intending to form an alliance with Zhang Yi against Cao Cao.

Xue Rengui was unsure about this matter, so he asked Li Hongzhang.Li Hongzhang knew that his lord's biggest enemy was Cao Cao, so he said to Xue Rengui: "We can agree to Ma Chao's alliance, but we must be careful about his capriciousness. Then we told him that we would send troops to Hanyang and Longxi and other places. In exchange, we could give him He provided one hundred thousand shi of food and grass.”

(End of this chapter)