Chapter 18 Secret Weapon
Chencang Weishui Road, east section.

Five thousand Shu soldiers hurried forward with their heads buried.

Ma Di looked at the two generals who were rushing to the forefront with exceptional fighting spirit, and the corners of his mouth curled up in relief.

It is better to send generals than to invite generals, and it is better to invite generals than to provoke generals.

Zhuge Da, I understand.

I understand your method of using Wei Yan!

Really useful!

"General..." Xu Shen, the captain of the personal guard, looked at Li Sheng and Zhang Xiu in front of him, and then at Ma Di who was smiling all over his face. While he was hesitant to speak, his heart suddenly became alert.

Our army goes deep into the enemy's rear and is about to face a battle of nine deaths.

At such a critical moment, under such a severe situation, General Ma smiled so strangely...

Don't you already have your heart set on Wei Guo?Now we are going to take everyone to throw themselves into the net, and use these five thousand Shu soldiers as capital for promotion? ! !

Xu Shen shook his head hastily, shaking this terrible thought out of his head.

Although he is a native of Guanzhong, even though he is the captain of Ma Di's personal guard, after the two battles in Jieting, he still respects and admires the latter...

But he is the man of Prime Minister Zhuge.

And he has unswerving loyalty to the Shu Han until death, and his loyalty can be seen in the sun and the moon.

At that time, all his clansmen and family members died in the battle between Ma Chao and Cao Cao fighting for hegemony in Guanzhong. To be precise, they all died under the iron hoof of Cao Jun.

In order to survive, his mother was forced to take the young him across the Qinling Mountains, fled to Hanzhong, and traveled to foreign lands.

On the way, the mother and son were followed by a small pack of wild wolves.

In order to protect him, his mother was bitten off by a wolf and almost died in the mountains.

Even so, the mother still endured the pain of breaking her arm, and she firmly guarded the young him, shouting loudly, preventing the wolves from approaching.

He was only six years old at the time, and at this moment of life and death, he was as weak as an ant.

There is no other way but to die.

At a critical juncture, a group of soldiers surveying the terrain rescued them. A kind-hearted Confucian scholar bandaged his mother to stop the bleeding, delivered dry food and water, and sent soldiers to escort the mother and son to Yangping Pass before leaving.

Xu Shen will never forget that Confucian scholar wearing a lun scarf and holding a feather fan in his hand in winter.

Personable and suave.

At that time, the young him secretly swore that one day, he would repay the savior—even though he didn't know the name of the savior.

I will definitely meet him in the future, I will definitely... The young Xu Shen thought so, and he and his mother settled down in Hanzhong, relying on the relief of the "Yishe" of the Five Dou of Rice Sect, and survived.

After a few years of peaceful life, his mother passed away due to injuries, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao began to compete for the ownership of Hanzhong.

At that time Xu Shen was 12 years old.

He hid in the mountains and did not leave Hanzhong with Cao Cao's relocated people for Guanzhong.

He didn't want to go back to that sad hometown, and he didn't want to be a citizen under Cao Wei's rule. He hated Cao Wei very much.

He stayed and changed from the people of Hanzhong under the rule of Cao Wei to the people of Hanzhong under the rule of Liu Han.

Although the monarch to which he belonged has changed again and again among Ma Chao, Cao Cao, Zhang Lu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, Xu Shen's determination to find a life-saving benefactor remains as firm as before.He buried that kindness deeply in his heart, longing for himself to grow up quickly, find that person, and repay him.

Seven or eight years passed in a flash.

Xu Shen finally met the man who couldn't leave his fan.

At the same time, he also knew the person's name, surnamed Zhuge, surnamed Liang, and his position was Prime Minister of Shu Han.

The prime minister went north to Hanzhong to recruit troops to attack Wei.

In the beginning, Xu Shen was just a recruit under Wei Yan's command.Not long after, due to his excellent physical fitness, he was selected into the ranks of personal soldiers, led and trained by Prime Minister Zhuge himself.

In a very short period of time, Xu Shen gained the respect of Prime Minister Zhuge, and was also impressed by the latter's demeanor, and became the prime minister's confidant guard.

In this battle of Jieting, Xu Shen came to serve as the captain of Ma Di's personal guard with the entrustment of the prime minister.

There are two orders from the prime minister.

One is to protect Ma Di, and the other is to "protect" Ma Di.

The first is to protect Ma Di from any external harm, and the second is to protect the Shu Han from Ma Di.

At this stage, in the entire Shu Han army, except for Wei Yan, the personal guard captains of all other generals are arranged by Prime Minister Zhuge.

This is the practice of the Shu army.

This is also one of the reasons why Prime Minister Zhuge can deeply control the army.

Xu Shen was as sweet as sugar.

In fact, strictly speaking, even Wei Yan and the prime minister have left behind.

One late night a few months ago, Xu Shen saw Ma Dai quietly enter the prime minister's tent with his own eyes, and the prime minister talked with him for a long, long time.

Ma Dai is Wei Yan's general.

……

Turning his thoughts around, Xu Shen looked directly into Ma Di's eyes and asked the question that worried him most.

"General, you will not betray the prime minister, will you?"

Although Xu Shen didn't understand military aircraft, he was not a fool. Previously, Ma Su's military orders to instigate soldiers to attack Chang'an and even Chen Cang ran counter to the prime minister's deployment.

The prime minister's military order is: After the Jieting army completes the defensive task, they will all withdraw to Hanzhong.

There is no surprise attack on the enemy's rear.

It can be said that when Ma Di issued the military order to "sneak attack Chang'an", he had already violated the prime minister's intention.

According to the prime minister's request, Xu Shen already had the right to respond.

But he held back.

After seeing the military talent shown by Ma Di Jieting in the two battles, Xu Shen decided to wait and see.

When Ma Di changed the military order "Sneak attack on Chang'an" to "Sneak attack on Chen Cang" just now.

Xu Shen held back again.

He believed that General Ma Di really wanted to attack Chen Cang in his heart, instead of leading his army to Wei.

If he really wants to vote for Wei, he can vote in Jieting, and there is no need to travel more than 1000 miles.

However, after seeing Ma Di's "weird" smile, Xu Shen couldn't calm down.

He chose to ask the truth.

Ma Di was stunned by this extremely sudden question, stopped and asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that?"

Xu Shen didn't know how to answer for a while, he shouldn't have asked such a question without evidence.

But he is a man from Guanzhong, with a straightforward and transparent personality, he can hide hatred and kindness in his heart, but he can't hide doubts.

So at this moment Xu Shen was a little embarrassed, he could only falter and hint:

"General, the prime minister treats you well."

Ma Di suddenly came to his senses and looked at Xu Shen suspiciously: "Do you suspect this general of treason?"

"I...I...I didn't!" Xu Shen looked unnatural, and the hand holding the sword was so nervous that it trembled slightly.

Ma Su wanted to get angry on the spot and scolded Xu Shen angrily.For some reason, he changed his mind, smiled silently, looked at Xu Shen's young but resolute face, patted the latter's broad shoulders, and gave him a reassurance:
"Don't worry, even if there are only two Shu Han left, I will not betray the prime minister."

That's good...Xu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, quickly changed the subject, and reminded:

"General, this place is not far from Chencang, less than a hundred miles away."

Ma Di nodded, raised his hand to stop the castration of the army, and ordered the soldiers to take out some of the "secret weapons" they carried on their backs and replace them one by one.

As for the rest of the "secret weapons", there are other great uses.

Xu Shen knew about these "secret weapons", and also knew that by relying on them, he might be able to win Chen Cang easily.

Ma Su had explained this information to him, Li Sheng, and Zhang Xiu before.

Everyone also deeply agrees.

But at this moment, seeing everyone put on their secret weapons and looking at Ma Su who was wearing Wei-style equipment in front of him, Xu Shen couldn't help but think about it.

Five thousand Shu soldiers changed into five thousand Wei soldiers.

Shu General Ma Di changed into Wei General Ma Su.

That's right, these "secret weapons" are the [-] sets of armor, clothing, and some military flags scattered in Jieting by the Wei army.

These things can be described as sharp weapons in sneak attack warfare!
Xu Shen tightened the handle of the knife, and followed closely behind Ma Di, not leaving a single step.

After changing the equipment, the five thousand Shu army... oh no, the five thousand Wei army continued to march towards Chencang.

During the march, Ma Su always felt a bit chilly on his back.When I looked back, everything behind me was as usual, and the captain of the personal guard, Xu Shen, looked around.

Turning around, even the neck was a little chilly.

Ma Di suddenly panicked.

He simply stopped his figure again, stared at Xu Shen suspiciously, and emphasized:

"You, you have to trust this general, and you will never betray the heart of a man!"

"If you don't believe me, this general can swear to the sky!"

Xu Shen nodded, looked straight at him, and put on an air of waiting to swear.

Ma Su had no choice but to raise his hand, pointing three times to the sky, and swore a super vicious oath.

It can be summed up in one sentence: Those who recite the Han Dynasty will die a terrible death!
After swearing, Ma Su was so shameless that he found a crack in the ground and slipped in.

Fortunately, this oath works.

The coldness lingering behind Soo's back disappeared.

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