Chapter 18 Chatting in Prison
"Yes, I am Ma Su."
Ma Su nodded, not paying attention to Zhang He's destructive eyes.
"You... are really a general who is well versed in the art of war." Zhang He stared at Ma Su for a long time, and finally sat down in frustration, holding in his words for a long time.
The fact that he was captured proved that he was inferior to others. The soldiers of the Shu army who were in custody these days also told him that the person who plotted against him was not Zhuge Liang at all, but Ma Di himself.
He was tricked and captured, this was a fact, Zhang He had to admit it.
"Since we are all locked up here, let's get to know General Zhang. Ma Di, named Youchang, is from Yicheng, Xiangyang. He joined the army." Ma Di saw Zhang He sitting down again, thought for a while and said.
There are just two of us here, so we might as well have a small chat.
"Zhang He, whose courtesy name is Jun Yi." Zhang He replied briefly.
"Aren't you curious why I was arrested for joining the army?" Ma Su scratched his head and continued.
"Curious, but I probably offended Zhuge Liang." Zhang He naturally knew where this was, so he was more surprised by Ma Di's appearance.
A person who can annihilate his entire army in a street pavilion must have high military merit. But even with military merit, it is said that he is still a direct descendant of Zhuge Liang, but he was imprisoned here.
Apart from offending Zhuge Liang, he couldn't think of any other reason.
"I killed someone." Ma Su said casually.
"Did you kill Zhuge Liang?" Zhang He was shocked and stood up suddenly.
"You've done a great job! You should be made a county lord in the Wei Dynasty!"
"Kill you! Even if I kill you, I won't do anything to the Prime Minister." Ma Di's face turned dark and he snorted coldly.
"I killed You Chu."
"You Chu? That Longxi governor?" Zhang He sat down again in disappointment when he heard that it was not Zhuge Liang who died.
"What's wrong with you killing You Chu? Shouldn't he be killed under normal circumstances when he fights to the death?"
"There was no resistance. I killed him the night he surrendered." Ma Di said calmly.
Zhang He was speechless for a moment, looked at Ma Su up and down repeatedly, and finally nodded and said,
"Those who were thrown in were not unjust."
Killing the master and surrendering his ministers was a big mistake in itself, not to mention that the ones Ma Di killed were those who surrendered voluntarily. The only surrendered governor in Longyou was killed by you. Who will dare to surrender in the future?
This is a matter of rules. If you break the rules by doing this, you should be demoted to a commoner even if it is not a death penalty.
If he were in Cao Wei, his majesty would most likely lend his head to quell public anger.
"As for you, it stands to reason that a general of your level would be under house arrest at most. Why do you look like you have been imprisoned for a long time?" Ma Su took a look at Zhang He. He didn't look like a general at all. He was thrown out to be a beggar. letter.
"Ever since Zhuge Liang failed to persuade him to surrender, I have been locked up here." After hearing Ma Su's words, Zhang He shrugged and said.
"But don't think that this will make me surrender. A loyal minister will not harm the two masters, and General Wei will never surrender to the Shu people."
"Okay, don't tell me that loyal ministers are not loyal to the two masters. You used to be Yuan Shao's man, but in the end you turned against Yuan Shao and betrayed Cao." Ma Su looked at him sideways and sneered.
"It seems that you are not of sufficient use, and the Prime Minister does not intend to continue to persuade you to surrender."
Ma Su's mocking ridicule made Zhang He's face darken. The matter of betraying Yuan Shao and defecting to Cao Cao was indeed his dark history. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, it was a shame for you to betray your lord no matter what the circumstances.
"Don't be complacent. You will still die if you are imprisoned here. Why don't you work with me to find a way to escape. With your talents, you will be more reused in the Wei Dynasty."
"Go to the puppet Wei Dynasty and be promoted to a more important position? What is the official position of Zhang Junyi, the fourth pillar of Hebei Province?" Ma Di waved his hand.
As for Cao Wei, the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system, a humble and talented person would never be able to get ahead in his life. Their official system is not even as good as the imperial examination system still used in Shu Han.
Zhang He himself is an example, a dignified Hebei Four-Tingzhu, a first-class general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After working under Cao Cao for so many years, he only managed to get a right general.
Of course, the Shu Han inspection and examination system was not a good system, it was just a helpless move. If possible, Ma Su still believes that the imperial examination system should be implemented as soon as possible.
"By the way, I killed You Chu simply because I looked down on this bastard's wall-riding behavior. In order to maximize his own interests, he even forcibly confiscated grain and fodder from the head of Guizhou and used it as an army, causing many people in Longxi to starve to death."
Ma Su continued, saying that he was very proud of this.
Not only did he fulfill his wish to die, but he also took away a villain for Shu Han. It was a win-win situation!
"Just conscripting grain from the head of Guizhou is the least fatal thing, right?" Zhang He was stunned for a moment. In his opinion, this was not a routine operation. Even in Hebei, it was not an outrageous operation.
There are only so many things for the gentry these days. If you can appease the gentry, you are already a talented official. How can you have the energy to care about the life and death of Guizhou?
"Nearly a thousand people starve to death, just for his own selfishness. Isn't that enough?" Ma Su asked.
Zhang He fell silent immediately, looked at Ma Su repeatedly, and sighed slightly.
"The one who defeated me turned out to be a fool, shame!"
"Who are you scolding?" Ma Di suddenly became angry,
"Heh..." Zhang He disagreed and said sarcastically.
"From your point of view, then all the officials deserve to die. Is it possible that you can still kill them all?"
"As long as I am still alive, I will kill them all and replace them with people who can make Guizhou have enough to eat." Ma Su thought for a while and said a little seriously.
"It's not like we can't keep Guizhou from starving to death, but they don't do it. I think that's what they deserve."
"Then even if you survive, you will definitely die in the revenge of the big clan. You are also from a noble clan, and you should know their capabilities." Zhang He was imprisoned these days, and he might be really bored, so he kept saying this There are too many children.
But upon hearing this, Ma Su's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Let them come! Kill me, Ma Su, if you can! As long as I, Ma Su, don't die, they will be the ones who die!"
Zhang He: "..."
I kind of want to beat this idiot to death, but I don't know if I can beat him to death before the guards arrive.
"I'm too lazy to tell you. Anyway, I'm going to die. I'll just wait for you Shu people to kill me."
While Zhang He and Ma Su were chatting, they did not see several soldiers eavesdropping outside the door. After the two of them finished chatting, several Shu Han soldiers left quietly.
And the direction they left was the main camp of the Shu army.
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At the same time, the victory of the Shu army in Longyou caused great shock in the three countries.
When Zhang He was defeated and captured, Cao Zhen also saw Zhao Yun's bluff. However, Zhao Yun was well prepared and led his troops back to Hanzhong before Cao Zhen launched a full-scale attack.
In the end, Cao Zhen had no choice but to report to Cao Rui that although our army successfully repelled the Shu army, Longxi had been completely lost.
In this war, Cao Wei lost tens of thousands of troops and all the counties in Longyou. The moment he saw the battle report, Cao Rui's expression became distorted.