Chapter 14: Scolding the Governor of Longxi

Chapter 14: Scolding the Governor of Longxi

"Do you mean that the people in Didao County have never had enough to eat? Why are they queuing up to get porridge?" Ma Di grabbed the Wei soldier who was leading the way and asked curiously.

Unexpectedly, the soldier shook off Ma Su's hand and glared at Ma Su.

"You still have the nerve to ask this? If you Shu people hadn't started the war, how could we have starved?"

"Ah? What does this have to do with us?" Ma Su was confused by the scolding and was a little confused as to what he meant.

"Even if there is a war, you won't starve, right? Is there still not enough food?"

In Ma Su's memory, fighting would not affect the food of the people in the rear. In the past, Liu Bei spent two years fighting Cao Cao in Hanzhong with 100,000 troops, and not one of the people in Shu starved to death.

In recent years, the Shu and Han Dynasties have been at war, but ordinary people in Guizhou have not gone hungry. Although the corvee was heavy, the court took care of the food and could still give some money as compensation.

This is also the main reason why Shu Han has a population of less than two million, but it still maintains internal stability despite mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Originally, although our harvest in Longyou was not good, the people were still enough to eat and starve to death. But it turned out that you Shu people did not stay in your own territory and suddenly sent an army to invade our Wei State." The soldier seemed to hate Ma Di and others very much. , said cursingly.

"In order to resist the Shu people, the prefect had to requisition the common people's food and distribute it uniformly. Now at least nearly a thousand people in the city have starved to death, and it's all the fault of you Shu people!"

"If the prefect hadn't let you go, I would have wanted to hack you to death right now!"

"Can you join the army? Try moving!" At this time, Yao Hu suddenly stood in front of Ma Su and looked at the soldier with an unkind expression.

"With me, Yao Hu, here, let's see who dares to harm Join the Army."

Shocked by Yao Hu's murderous intent, the soldier took two steps back, but still looked at Ma Su angrily.

"Hmph, you Shu people are only capable of this, but we Wei people are not afraid of you!"

Seeing the scenes around him and the soldier's angry curses, Ma Di suddenly fell silent.

"Are the counties in Longxi County already like this? If this continues, the Yizi will eat each other." Ma Di's face gradually became gloomy. He had never heard this before and was shocked by seeing it with his own eyes.

At the same time, Ma Di also recalled that the Shu Han had always been able to fight without laboring for the people, which was conditional. During Liu Bei's Battle of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang had been desperately working on governance reforms in Chengdu, using his strong strength to ensure that the war would not harm the people.

But how many Zhuge Liang are there in the world? Who else but him can guarantee that the war will be fought without laboring the people?

Thinking of this, Ma Su's face became more and more gloomy, and his mentality quietly changed at this time.

"Join the army, don't be too angry. If you are not angry enough, I will kill this rude guy." Yao Hu couldn't help but trembled in his heart when he saw Ma Su's face, and asked carefully.

"No, I'm not that petty." Ma Su shook his head and sneered with a gloomy face.

"Let's go meet this fake Wei Guzhong!"

With that said, Ma Di strode to follow the guide and walked to the county government office.

Although You Chu had appeared on the city wall before, he definitely had to go back to the government to do things like meeting the envoy.

When they arrived at the government office, You Chu had been waiting inside for a long time.

You Chu is sitting at the top, and next to him are the officials and generals of Longxi County. Outside the main hall, Ma Su saw several soldiers holding machetes and looking at him coldly.

This gesture made Ma Su just shake his head, and then walked into the main hall with his head held high.

"Ma Su, a great man who joined the army, came here on the orders of Prime Minister Zhuge and met Prefect You."

"You came on Zhuge Liang's order? Why did you come?" You Chu narrowed his eyes and asked coldly.

"I'm here to be a lobbyist." Ma Su replied calmly.

"Oh? Are you here to discuss the pros and cons with Chen to persuade him to surrender again?" You Chu raised his eyebrows, pointed at Ma Su and said coldly.

"In that case, I'll give you a chance to speak. However, if you still use the same rhetoric as before and can't convince me, just go over there and die by yourself!"

As he said this, Ma Su saw looks of hostility and ridicule around him.

"Since You don't want to waste time, there's no need to talk nonsense." Ma Su nodded, stood up, pointed at You Chu and cursed.

"You're a fucking singer! You're just a selfish villain who claims to be Cao Wei Guzhong!"

Ma Su suddenly cursed. People like You Chu were confused and looked at Ma Su in shock. But Ma Su didn't care about you, and immediately began to spray smoothly.

"You are just a villain of Feng Yi Pinyang. You succeeded in becoming an official because of the power of your family. You are not capable enough and you often spend money. If your family had not been able to take care of everything, you would have left long ago."

"Now your wishful thinking is really good. You use your long-standing reputation to fool these soldiers into resisting the Han army with you. You are watching from the side as a fence-sitter, ignoring the people in the city for your own future."

"You're the only one who wants to repay Cao Wei's loyalty? You're just worried about your family and don't dare to surrender, and you're afraid that your future will be cut off and you don't dare to run away. If you're not capable enough, you still want to learn how to defend the city and take the opportunity to ask for a price, but you're just taking the people in the city as a bet for yourself. Some benefit!"

Ma Su's scolding this time was partly sincere, not entirely for the sake of going home.

Although he was just talking on paper and his strategy was a mess, he could still understand some things.

It could be seen from his eyes that You Chu's combat preparation was completely shit. The preparations for food, soldiers, and armor were completely inadequate, and the confidence relied entirely on the city.

Even because the army rations were not available, You Chu even collected food from the people to supplement the army's rations. This kind of behavior is incomprehensible to Ma Su, and he wants to scold him like crazy.

As for the so-called loyalty, Ma Su can only laugh. If he was really loyal to the imperial court, he would have sent troops to counterattack long ago, and he would not be sitting on the fence here watching the battle.

Ma Di's curses ripped apart You Chu's last bit of cover, revealing his most hypocritical side in front of everyone. Seeing the eyes of the officials below looking at him, You Chu couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

In fact, Ma Di was not wrong. You Chu's current behavior was just acting. Ever since Zhang He was captured and the Long Road was cut off, You Chu knew that he had to surrender.

But for the sake of his future, he had to show himself to be a loyal minister in front of the Shu Han envoys, so that he could be sufficiently reused after surrender.

But if you say it like this, wouldn’t my efforts be in vain if you say it so nakedly?

"That's nonsense! If you want to use this method to force me to surrender, you better save it!" You Chu immediately interrupted Ma Su and said angrily to Ma Su.

"Seeing that you still have some backbone, I'll just... let you go and get out of here!"

"Haha! Cowardly!" Ma Su smiled coldly and looked at this clown with disdain.

"I am not afraid of death even if I join the army, but you are too timid to order my execution."

"Coward, we big men don't even bother to have someone like you!"