Chapter 98 This thief must die
"Let's talk about it, what should we do next?"
Looking at the mysterious armors displayed in a room, Ma Di sat in the main seat with a solemn expression. Shuji, Mengguo and others looked at all this with astonishment and disbelief.
There are two hundred Xuanjia collars, thousands of stones of grain and fodder, plus more than two hundred private soldiers in Jixian County...
These crimes are just enough to satisfy the three clans.
Who can imagine that this was done by Li Yan, the current Hussar General and the governor of Yongzhou!
"General... this matter is important. We probably have to report it to Chengdu immediately and ask the Prime Minister to make a decision!" Meng Guo's face was solemn at this time, knowing the importance of the matter very well.
This is a disturbance caused by people at the Sanggong level, and it is no longer something their level can handle. A letter must be submitted to Chengdu, and His Majesty, the Prime Minister, will make the decision himself.
You must know that if you are not careful about this kind of thing, it can easily cause huge turmoil.
However, in response to Meng Guo's suggestion, Ma Su just shook his head lightly and sighed.
"If we haven't come to Hebei County yet, we can submit a letter to the Prime Minister for a ruling and then deal with Li Yan."
"But now... we can't even be sure if someone has tipped Li Yan off!"
When Ma Su learned that Li Yan was preparing materials for a military coup, he immediately sent people to blockade the entire Hebei County. The farms outside the city were also quietly closed and no one was allowed to leave.
But even so, who can be sure that no one has tipped off Li Yan now?
Li Yan now commands 20,000 troops to guard Chencang, and is about to engage in battle with the Wei army. Once he knew that the incident had been revealed and he was likely to be questioned, he surrendered directly to Cao Wei.
This is a matter of life and death for the Shu Han Kingdom, and Ma Di dare not bet on it!
After hearing Ma Su's words, Meng Guo also fell silent. He also understood that this was indeed easy to happen. If Li Yan led his troops to surrender to Cao Wei, Long You would be lost again before he was warmed up!
By then, there might be some trouble happening within Shu Han!
"General, why don't we just go and kill Li Yan!" Shu Ji made a suggestion at this time and said fiercely.
"Even if someone goes to deliver a message to Li Yan, they can't run too far! We rush to Chencang and kill Li Yan immediately when we see him!"
"Anyway, with the ability of a general, he is not necessarily worse than Li Yan in commanding troops and horses to defeat the Wei army!"
"No!" Before Ma Su could say anything, Meng Guo immediately objected and said with a serious expression.
"I once heard the Prime Minister say that Li Yan has extraordinary martial arts and cannot be killed by ordinary people. And a large part of the 20,000 Shu troops under his command come from Jiangzhou and are Li Yan's headquarters."
"What's more, he is also a hussar general, and he definitely has a lot of personal guards around him."
"And if the general wants to kill him, if he leads more troops, Li Yan will be wary. If he leads fewer troops, Li Yan doesn't care, but can the general really kill him in front of his military tent?"
Ma Su was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.
"able!"
Meng Guo: "???"
"Stop saying anything, this trip must be done by me!" Ma Di said very seriously to Shuji Mengguo.
"Shu Ji is right. We have no other choice now. The only way out is to attack with thunder and kill Li Yan! If we are slow to react, Li Yan will notice that all the generals who surrendered to Cao Wei and stayed near Chencang will be killed." It’s dangerous!”
The Shu troops stationed in Chencang were not only Li Yan's troops, but also the troops of many Shu generals. Including Wang Ping, Bai Shou, Zhang Xiu and many other Shu generals, they are the backbone of the Han Dynasty at this stage.
If they were dragged down by Li Yan and were defeated or even killed in battle, Longyou would be lost.
Then the Prime Minister will probably have to write down a list of instructions for his departure...
Thinking about the words of the prime minister at home and abroad, Ma Su felt that this trip was necessary.
For Shu Han, for the Prime Minister, and for myself!
"General! This is too dangerous and may not succeed!" Meng Guo was shocked and said quickly.
"Then do you have any other options?" Ma Di asked back, stopping Meng Guo in his tracks.
"Now there is no other solution except this. Once Li Yan leads his army to surrender, we will not even have time to garrison Lueyang."
"The Wei army is likely to take advantage of the situation to enter Long and besiege Longyou from both directions of Liangzhou and Yongzhou."
"What will we rely on then? Can the few remaining county soldiers on Longyou's side be able to stop them?"
What Ma Su said was very direct, and it is also the biggest problem now.
To be honest, Meng Guo regretted coming to investigate this thing. Just because of the corruption issue, Li Yan's reputation will be damaged at most, and he can just wait until the land equalization law is fully promoted soon.
In the end, it was found out that it was rebellion, and now Li Yan had no way out.
If we don't investigate, we can wait until Li Yan comes back from the battle and then search. At least there won't be such a crisis, and Li Yan won't be able to escape even if he wants to surrender to Wei.
On the contrary, Ma Di understood why no one seriously inspected it later.
Don't check it seriously, what if you really find out something?
"There's nothing more to say. Let's run back to Chencang tonight!" Ma Su was silent for a long time, and finally made a decision.
"I will personally lead more than a hundred cavalrymen and go to Chencang through the narrow road of Chencang! When I see Li Yan, even if I risk my life, I will take Li Yan with me to death!"
"General, I'll come with you!" Shu Ji said without saying a word.
"Although I am not strong in martial arts, I still have a certain amount of strength. I will not hold back the general!"
"Okay! Get ready to pack and move forward lightly!" Ma Su nodded.
"Meng Guo stays and sends someone to notify Yang Yi who is closest to Lueyang. If I fail, let him go to Lueyang and notify Wu Yi to defend Chencang Narrow Road!"
"By the way, send a letter to the Prime Minister asking for help. This is no ordinary crisis!"
"Shu Ji, follow me to Chencang and behead him!"
"only!"
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At this time, Li Yan of Chencang did not know that his coup had been exposed. At this time, he was constantly repairing Chencang and arranging troops and horses to prepare for a battle with Cao Wei.
For Li Yan, it was already very difficult to overthrow Zhuge Liang in terms of prestige. Although he didn't want to admit it, Li Yan knew very well that no one could match Zhuge Liang in terms of domestic affairs.
In other words, no matter what he did, no matter how much his prestige increased, he could not peacefully seize power from Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, all his preparations now are to prepare for his future coup to overthrow the Prime Minister's Office.
Only if he has enough prestige to overthrow the Prime Minister's Office by force can he succeed Zhuge Liang and secure his position as Prime Minister.
Li Yan didn't care about the Northern Expedition, supporting the Han Dynasty or anything like that. He just wants power, more power, and to be the one who speaks his mind.
Since Zhuge Liang founded the government, Li Yan was the first person to criticize Zhuge Liang's dictatorship. This is not to say that Li Yan hates dictatorship, but he is not the one who hates dictatorship.