Chapter 401 Battle of Guanzhong
Ma Su knew Jiang Wei very well, not only from his old subordinates, but also from his evaluation in history books.
This person is also quite proud, his family background is pretty good, and he is also a descendant of a powerful young man from Longyou. When Ma Su promoted him, Jiang Wei would often be seen distributing his spoils of war to his subordinates, and he would often use money to support his subordinates in need.
But this time, Jiang Wei seemed a little reserved and took the initiative to sit in the second seat to Shu Ji.
Of course, Shu Ji still admires him very much and his attitude has not changed much. However, the situation between the two of them made Ma Su feel a little strange.
This is very un-Jiang Wei.
Adhering to the tradition of being ready to wipe the butts of these young men at any time, Ma Su called Shu Ji out alone after chatting with them for a while. When he came outside the military tent, Ma Di looked at Shu Ji seriously and said,
"Shu Ji, what's wrong with Bo Yue? Why do I feel like he's in a pinch?"
"Did anything happen to Jiang Wei's family while I was in Nanyang?"
Facing Ma Su's question, Shu Ji scratched his head, feeling a little hard to explain. After organizing the language for a long time, my words came out amazingly,
"Boyo...all his family property has been scattered, and now he is basically penniless..."
"The family property is gone? What's going on?" Ma Su was a little confused and felt a little unbelievable for a moment.
"Jiang Wei is from a wealthy family in Hebei County. His family has a lot of property. What happened to make him scatter all the property?"
"Uh... because Boyue dismissed all the dead soldiers he raised privately, and dispersed all his family property in one go." Shu Ji replied cautiously.
Then Shu Ji explained in detail, so that Ma Su roughly understood what was going on.
Previously, Shu Ji came to remind Ma Su that Jiang Weiyin's health care personnel were susceptible to suspicion. Ma Di expressed his position in public at that time, saying that Jiang Wei had made great contributions and he supported him.
This incident caused quite a stir when word spread.
After Jiang Wei heard about it, he hesitated for a day and a night, and then rushed back to his hometown in Jixian County, where he took the initiative to spend all his family wealth and send away all the dead soldiers.
He knew the virtues of his own group of dead soldiers. Sometimes when the dead soldiers caused trouble, Jiang Wei would settle it. But this only hurt Jiang Wei's reputation, so he didn't care.
But his benefactor suddenly expressed his support for him to do this, which is equivalent to Ma Su's reputation being tied to this. If Jiang Wei continues to raise dead soldiers in secret, something will happen and Ma Su will be implicated.
Although Ma Su may not care, Jiang Wei, who has always been deeply trusted by Ma Su, obviously cannot do anything to drag the old leader into trouble. So in the end Jiang Wei chose to give up this hobby, spent all his wealth and sent away all the dead soldiers.
The dismissal of dead soldiers almost wiped out Jiang Wei's reduced production, and Jiang Wei's life was suddenly in straits. And because Ma Di arranged to fight in the north, there was basically no oil and water here, so Jiang Wei even had to rely on Shu Ji to make a living.
As a cannibal, Jiang Wei would naturally give in in front of Shu Ji. Fortunately, Shu Ji also understands the ways of the world and still puts Jiang Wei first in all matters.
After listening to Shu Ji's explanation, Ma Su couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. What he said at that time did mean to remind Jiang Wei, but his original intention was to make Jiang Wei restrain himself.
Yin Yang Shi Shi said it was big or small, but for Jiang Wei, who had already become Pinglu Colonel, no one would say anything if he restrained himself.
Who knew that Jiang Wei was so straightforward that he spent all his wealth and dismissed everyone.
"Forget it, it seems like I'll have to take care of my uncle in the future." Ma Di shook his head slightly and couldn't help but sigh,
"General, please rest assured that I have been taking care of Bo Yue and will not embarrass him." Shu Ji replied. Compared to Jiang Wei, Shu Ji's family background is much richer.
He came here with tens of thousands of people from his entire tribe, and his property of cattle and sheep was much richer than that of Jiang Wei's family. With Shu Ji's overt and covert care, Jiang Wei did not suffer much even though he was in dire straits.
Ma Su didn't say anything about this, but this time the Northern Expedition should pay more attention to Jiang Wei and get more trophies.
In addition, Ma Su also found that Zhang Yi and Deng Ai had a good relationship.
Deng Ai started out as a general in the field, and he also did well in building a military town in Beidi County. Because he proposed the blood tax and quickly promoted it, the strength of the northern border was greatly increased and he was promoted to general general, equal to Zhang Yi.
All in all, these young players that Ma Su single-handedly promoted have grown up. Among them, Liu Yin can already take charge of his own role, and the others are almost there, which makes Ma Su very satisfied.
Now there is no need to worry about whether Shu Han will have no one available if he dies.
In addition to these young generals, Zhang Yi, Wu Yi and others also came to say hello to Ma Su. Ma Su also witnessed the largest army ever deployed by the Shu Han.
"Historically, this year should also be the last time the Prime Minister made the Northern Expedition, when the stars fell on the Wuzhangyuan." Ma Di couldn't help but murmured as he looked at the mighty Han army camp that stretched for hundreds of miles.
Historically, in the twelfth year of Jianxing's reign, Zhuge Liang launched his fifth Northern Expedition and sent troops out of Baoxie Road. At that time, the largest army of the Shu Han Dynasty was also mobilized, but it was blocked by Sima Yi to the south of the Wei River, and eventually the star fell in Wuzhangyuan.
And now...
Ma Di turned his head and looked at the Chinese army's military tent, where Zhuge Liang was handling government affairs. Because the pressure over the years has not been too great, and apart from Ma Su occasionally giving him surprises, there has been no sadness, so the prime minister's body has become somewhat stronger.
At least this time, the Prime Minister should be able to achieve his life ideal of helping the Han Dynasty return to the old capital, right?
As for "Yuyou Cangtian, how can it be inferior to me"... Why do you feel that I should say it!
"Fuck! This thief is so stingy. I will get the insurance sooner or later!"
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When the troops of the Shu Han Dynasty gathered in Fufeng County, the scouts had already spread the news back to Chang'an.
Sima Yi was not surprised at all. If he were Zhuge Liang, he would send troops so quickly. If Zhuge Liang delayed the Northern Expedition for a few years, Sima Yi would have to doubt Zhuge Liang's ability.
However, the scale of the Shu army's dispatch this time was beyond the expectations of the Guanzhong generals. When the scouts reported that the Shu army numbered at least one hundred thousand, all the generals were afraid!
The Shu Han regime, which was despised as a small country in the past, has quietly developed into a serious threat that can suppress Cao Wei's northwest. Everyone is afraid and worried about this, and many generals have expressed extreme pessimism about the future.
But just when the generals were frightened, Sima Yi made a shocking decision.
Sima Yi ordered the main force of the Wei army to cross the Weishui River and station the army in Sanfu, Guanzhong. He also made a high-profile statement that Guanzhong was the territory of the Wei Dynasty and would not give in to Western Shu.
Subsequently, Sima Yi ignored the objections of the generals and personally led 100,000 Guanzhong troops across the Wei River and stationed themselves at Sanfu in Guanzhong. Such an attitude made it clear that they would go toe-to-toe with the Shu army and fight to the bitter end.
The Battle of Guanzhong, which affects the situation of the entire world, has officially begun!