Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 327

Ma Chao quickly wrote back, agreeing that Xue Rengui would take Hanyang and Longxi, but he wanted Xue Rengui to help him defeat Cao Cao and let him station in Guanzhong. Before entering Guanzhong, he would station troops in Shangyu.

In October, Xue Rengui led an army of [-] troops from Xiabian to Hanyang, occupied Xi County, and then moved north to Shanggui to join Ma Chao.

After seeing Xue Rengui, Ma Chao immediately expressed his closeness.Xue Rengui is a peerless warrior, and Ma Chao is also a peerless warrior. The two have the same arrogance and feel a sense of sympathy for each other.

Xue Rengui also has a good sense of Ma Chao. Ma Chao is called Jin Ma Chao because he is good-looking and has a good personality. After a few words, the two expressed their closeness.

After exchanging simple greetings for a while, Xue Rengui said to Ma Chao, "Brother Meng Qi, where is Cao Cao now?"

Ma Chao pointed to the map and said: "Cao Cao has arrived at Qian County, more than 100 miles away from Shanggui."

Xue Rengui nodded, and asked Ma Chao how many soldiers he had now, Ma Chao said 5000.

"Where is the Han Wenyue?" Xue Rengui asked.

Ma Chao said: "He recruited tens of thousands of Qiang tribes in Xianqin and Lueyang, and he is gathering soldiers."

Xue Rengui looked at the map and saw that Xianqin and Lueyang were in the north of Hebei County, so he said: "We can let Han Wenyue station troops in Long County, and we will be the horns of each other."

Ma Chao nodded, but he still had some worries, "His soldiers are newly attached, so I'm afraid they won't be able to resist Cao Cao."

Xue Rengui said: "I will send someone to assist him. You write him a letter and ask him to cooperate."

Ma Chao was stunned, he quickly figured out what Xue Rengui meant by cooperating.Xue Rengui wanted to take the lead this time, but looking at the army Xue Rengui brought, Ma Chao couldn't say anything.These people also listen to whoever has the most soldiers. The reason why Ma Chao could not ensure the dominance before was because his troops were not as strong as Han Sui.

Xue Rengui now has the largest number of troops, and it is more powerful than the alliance between him and Han Sui. It is completely possible to lead this alliance.The top priority now is to defeat Cao Cao. Other matters can be discussed after defeating Cao Cao.Ma Chao doesn't have much ambition for Liangzhou. His ambitions are basically placed in Guanzhong. Compared with the wealth of Guanzhong, Xiliang is not important.His ancestors were from Fufeng, and he also wanted to return to his ancestral land. There was another branch of the Ma family in the ancestral land. If he wanted to glorify the Ma family, he needed to merge with this branch.

Here Ma Chao wrote a letter to Xue Rengui, and Xue Rengui also sent Yan Yan and Wang Ping to lead an army of [-] to Long County to garrison.Long County is about fifty miles away from Shanggu. Yan Yan and other mermaids are not generals like Master Shang and his disciples. Cao Cao will not ignore casualties like killing Master Shang and his disciples.

Xue Rengui sent Wei Rui to lead 5000 people with Zhu Huan, Zhang Jiayu, Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang, etc., to attack Ji County via Wangyuan westward.

Ji County is the seat of Hanyang County, and also the seat of Liangzhou governor.Ji County is the largest city in Liangzhou, and it is also a city where talents gather.Many talents in Liangzhou gather here. If you want to plunder talents, you must occupy Ji County.Moreover, this is also the place with the most arable land in Liangzhou. Before Longxi County was developed, this was the largest grain production base in Liangzhou.

Chen Zizhuang was left to station at Wangyuan to protect the grain road, and led others to continue to send troops to Ji County.

The current highest official in Ji County is Wei Kang, whose father is Wei Duan, the governor of Liangzhou appointed by Cao Cao.After his father's death, he took over the position of governor of Liangzhou, and everyone at that time was proud of it.This is the Chinese tradition of succession from father to son, and the position is inherited based on ability, which is more in line with the preferences of the Chinese people.

Webster and his son have also been in Liangzhou for many years, so it can be said that they have a lot of prestige.Before Wei Rui's troops arrived in Ji County, Wei Kang received the news.Wei Kang has always had a heart for Cao Cao. After Ma Chao and Han Sui returned to Liangzhou, he has been paying attention to their movements and guarding Ji County closely, not wanting them to destroy Ji County.

But Wei Kang really didn't expect that Zhang Yi's subordinates also came to Hanyang and mixed with Ma Chao.Wei Kang constantly sent people to monitor the movements of Shangbi and other places. As soon as Wei Rui's troops moved to Ji County, Wei Kang knew about it.However, Wei Rui's marching speed was very fast. Just after Wei Kang ordered to guard Ji County, Wei Rui had already taken down Wangyuan, and he was approaching the city that night.

Worried, Wei Kang summoned his subordinates, and his subordinates Yang Fu, Yan Wen and others all came.

Yang Fu said: "Duke Cao's army is not far away, as long as you stick to it for ten and a half months, Duke Cao's reinforcements will come."

Yan Wen also said: "At this time, there is no other way but to persevere."

Naturally, Wei Kang also knew that he was just not at ease. "The army outside the city is Zhang Yi's army. His army set off from Shangyu in the morning, captured Wangyuan at noon, and arrived at Ji County in the evening. They are so elite, can we save Ji County?"

No wonder Wei Kang was worried. You must know that it is already winter.In winter in the north, the sun rises at about seven o'clock in the morning, and it gets dark at five o'clock in the evening.There are only about ten hours of sunshine time, which is five hours when converted into hours.Although the time zone of Liangzhou will increase a few times, the sunshine time will not differ too much.Shangyu is fifty miles away from Jixian County, and it takes five hours to march fifty miles. In the middle, there is a county town to be attacked and a fire to cook. That is to say, there is only three and a half hours to march.Fifty miles is a day and a half for an ordinary army, but it takes three and a half hours to arrive, and the army can still maintain its military capacity. Anyone who understands soldiers knows that this is an elite army.

Yang Fu also knew that there were elite troops outside the city, but now he really had nothing to do.Ji County didn't have many troops in the first place, and after leaving Ji County, Wei Kang didn't have so much appeal.

Wei Kang was actually very unfortunate. The reason why he was recorded in the history books was not only because he was killed by Ma Chao, but also because he was regarded as evidence that Xun Yu's recommendation was unfavorable.

He was killed by Ma Chao. He did not blame him at all. He defended Ji County for eight months, but Cao Cao's reinforcements never came. He was not good at fighting, so he had to surrender to Ma Chao.But Ma Chao killed him because he hated him for guarding him for eight months!

As for Xun Yu's bad recommendation, this is even more unfair to him.Xun Yu is well-known for recommending talents. Guo Jia, Mao Jie, Zhong Yao and others were all recommended by Xun Yu. These people later became the mainstay of Cao Cao's regime. Only Wei Kang and Yan Xiang were defeated. killed.

Wei Kang was in Liangzhou and was killed by Ma Chao because he had no reinforcements. Yan Xiang was in Yangzhou and was stationed in Lujiang.After Sun Ce's death, Lujiang prefect Li Shu rebelled and killed Yan Xiang.The death of these two people was due to isolation and helplessness. After Cao Cao sent them out, he didn't care about them. It would be strange if they didn't die!They are indeed less capable, and Zhong Yao was sent out like them, but he has been living well.But this does not mean that the two of them are not good, it can only be said that their luck is bad.

(End of this chapter)