Chapter 235 People in the Guanzhong are floating
When he learned that Ma Di was going to Chang'an and causing trouble again, Zhuge Liang had already expected it. Facing his successor, Zhuge Liang can be considered a big-hearted person.
If it were someone with a weaker ability to accept this, he would have been frightened to death by Ma Su.
"But since Chen Tai personally led his troops to help Chang'an, there is a high probability that You Chang did something in Chang'an." Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, his brain worked very fast, and he quickly made a series of judgments.
"Since our army is stationed in Wuzhangyuan, but Chen Tai, as the commander-in-chief, has to go to Chang'an, it must be that he thinks Chang'an is threatened. But Cao Zhen is still in Chang'an at this time, and even if there is a threat, it is not Chen Tai's turn to return to Chang'an..."
"So there is a high probability that Youchang did something to make it difficult for Cao Zhen to continue to take charge of the overall situation. So... Did Youchang go to Chang'an again to spread rumors and defeat the enemy?"
In just a few breaths, Zhuge Liang guessed everything. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Ma Di was going to curse the streets instead of seeking death to attack the city.
With his loach-like fighting style and his cavalry of only a hundred men, Ma Su could still run back even if something went wrong. In this way, Ma Su's risk factor has been greatly reduced.
"Is there any news from Fei Yi? How is Longyou?"
"General, Governor Fei reported that Longyou is now as stable as Mount Tai. At this moment, Governor Fei personally leads the army north to support General Wei, preparing to defeat the enemy of Liangzhou together with General Zhenbei!"
"In this case, Longyou has nothing to worry about. Our army might as well defeat the enemy on the Weishui River first, and then attack Wugong. As long as Wugong is captured, welcoming You Chang back will be like searching for something."
Zhuge Liang made a decision quickly and issued the order while waving his feather fan.
I don’t know if it’s because he forgot to bring his government affairs, but Zhuge Liang has had enough rest during these days. My spirits are up, and my whole person is much better than before.
Of course, the Prime Minister will probably have to work overtime when he returns to Chengdu to make up for the backlog of government affairs during this period.
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At this moment, Ma Su, who was missed by Prime Minister Zhuge, was crying for death outside Chang'an City.
Ever since Cao Zhen fainted with joy after being praised by Ma Su, no one in the Chang'an City defenders dared to look at him. There were Wei garrison troops in the surrounding areas who came to support them, but they were basically defeated by Ma Di.
Anyway, as long as the troops coming are less than 2,000 and they are not elite, Ma Di will be invincible.
Ma Di, who had nothing to do for a while, returned to his old profession and began to talk about books around Chang'an.
This time Ma Su was already extremely familiar with the situation compared to Chen Cang. Not only did he quickly compile a large number of Cao Zhen's short compositions, but he also specially found a few local people from Guanzhong to help with the storytelling.
After all, the accents in different places in this era were very different. Many soldiers could not understand Ma Su's Jingzhou accent when he was telling stories in Chang'an. But if you find a few local literati to read according to the bamboo slips given by Ma Su, it is another matter.
In just a few days, the anecdotes about Cao Zhen and Cao Pi's wife spread throughout the neighborhoods of Chang'an. Some people with noses and eyes even analyzed a lot to prove that Cao Rui is actually Cao Zhen's son, etc...
Gossip is human nature at any time, and this kind of royal gossip is especially talked about by the head of Guizhou.
Basically every morning, young and old men in Chang'an meet on the street.
"Lao Yang, are you going to sit in the corner today and listen to the Shu storyteller general telling stories?"
"That's right. Are you going too?"
"My dear, let's go together. I don't know what interesting things will happen today."
Fortunately, Cao Zhen is still unconscious. If he wakes up and realizes that his reputation has been completely ruined by Ma Su, he will probably go to meet the Lord of Taishan Palace in one step.
However, while Ma Su was promoting Cao Zhen's various short compositions, he secretly promoted Shu Han himself.
For example, the story of Zhao Yun's savior at Changbanpo was slightly adapted and brought out, which attracted the hearts of Chang'an heroes.
Especially the sentence "Yun was so angry that he stabbed anyone under his horse", which conquered the young and old men of Chang'an in a short time.
After all, Guanzhong respects heroes, and figures like Zhao Yun are admired by countless people in Guanzhong.
There are also various images of Emperor Liu Xian who was benevolent, righteous and caring for the people in Jingzhou, as well as the Shu Han's gentle and kind policies to protect the environment and the people. All this was spread bit by bit to Chang'an by Ma Di in the form of storytelling.
Information dissemination is too slow these days, and coupled with the obstacles of mountains and rivers, the people in Guanzhong generally do not understand the country of Shuhan. They could only hear various propaganda from the Cao Wei government. This year, the Shu Han invaded again and occupied many places.
This also led to the fact that in history, after the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition, there were no people in Longzhong eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's army. The five Northern Expeditions basically only resulted in bloody losses in the northwest, which had no basis in popular support.
Only when Ma Su breaks down the good qualities of Shu Han in a big loudspeaker broadcast and talks about it in detail will the wealthy people in Guanzhong and Guizhou start to yearn for Shu Han.
After a series of storytelling by Ma Su, Dahan's brand once again began to spread in the northwest.
However, Ma Su's broadcast did not last long, because soon he received the news that Chen Tai was back.
"It seems that our attention was very successful, and Chen Tai was attracted to Chang'an." Ma Su was very satisfied after seeing this information. While touching his chin, he said to himself,
"I just don't know what's going on with the Prime Minister. Did he seize the grain from Weibei?"
"Well... there shouldn't be any big problem, the Prime Minister is still very stable."
"In this case, it's time for me to play with Chen Tai and seize the last chance to do it well!"
"What are your plans, general?" Ma Su's personal guards saw the expression on their general's face and immediately knew that their general had a new bad idea.
"It's nothing, you just plan to have a chat with General Chen Tai." Ma Di waved his hand and said with a smile.
"The whole army is on horseback. Let's go and stop General Chen and ask him to have a good chat!"
Hearing Ma Su's whistle, more than a hundred guards quickly got on their horses. Hu Qizai, who had just been captured not long ago, hesitated for a moment, then followed suit and mounted his horse.
Five hundred cavalry quickly gathered and headed west, bypassing Chang'an.
At this moment, Chen Tai led more than a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry, galloping from Wugong. Seeing that Chang'an was close at hand, Chen Tai breathed a sigh of relief.
But before he could think of anything, Chen Tai saw a cavalry galloping in the distance, carrying a flag that clearly read
"General Ma of Han Fu Kingdom"
"Holy shit! Ma Di is coming!" Chen Tai was shocked and quickly waved his hand and issued an emergency order.
"Stop the advance and prepare for battle!!"