The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 138 Jiang Wei's Choice ([-])
Jiang Wei's Choice ([-])
"It's too early to draw conclusions, Yicheng! Let's go!" Jiang Wei didn't follow Liang Xu and Yin Shang's advice, took one last look at Shangyu County, and then ran in the opposite direction without looking back;
Liang Xu, Yin Shang and others also followed closely behind Jiang Wei, the backbone, and began to rush towards Yicheng, their last sustenance for Cao Wei.

The road is long and long; Shangyu County and Yicheng are only a day's journey for the cavalry, but Jiang Wei seems to be exhausted, pulling into the reins, his eyes are colorless, and some are just blown away by the northwest wind hair, and cheeks stained with dust.

The weather is gloomy, and the sky is full of thick, low, gray-yellow turbid clouds; the beautiful Weihe Plain has suddenly become old, the northwest wind is whistling, the dead grass and leaves are flying all over the sky, and the yellow dust is misty. Longyou has been replaced by a solemn and peaceful winter; it's just that the dry northwest wind not only blows on the faces of the people in Longxi, but also falls on the armor of the Han soldiers.Facing the north wind and stepping on the loess, the soldiers of the Han army are adding a bit of atmosphere that does not belong to this season to the quiet winter day in Longxi.

After the surrender of Xiancheng in Xixian County, the Han army set their destinations at Yicheng and the county government of Tianshui County.It is bound to take down the counties of Longyou, and then prepare to go down the river.

"Report, Your Majesty; there are people in front who claim to be Tianshui County Lang Zhongling, Gong Cao, and Zhu Bo, begging our army to surrender;" the scout of the former army reported to Liu Beihui who was sitting in the car at this time.

"How many are there?" Liu Bei asked.

"Less than ten people!" The scout responded.

"Bring them!" Liu Bei ordered.

"promise"

After a while, Jiang Wei and his party, who had traveled to Xixian, Shangyu, and Yicheng before, appeared in front of Liu Bei's car, and Zhuge Liang also happened to arrive at this time.

"Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor!" Jiang Wei and others bowed their heads to Liu Bei who was driving in the car, cupped their fists respectfully and knelt down.

"Are you from the prefect's mansion? Why did you come to join me alone!" Liu Bei asked with a flash of doubt.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I am Jiang Wei, the Langzhong Commander of Tianshui County. Because the eunuch abandoned us in Xixian County regardless of our life and death, he fled to Shangyu County by himself. The next few people chased us to Shanggu County. The eunuch Ma Zun not only He didn't open the city gate, and ordered that we were traitors, and we could be shot; but I ran to Yicheng again, but Ma Zun actually notified the guard of Yicheng in advance, saying that we were treasonous ;There is really no way out, we can only rely on His Majesty the Emperor." Jiang Wei said in a deep voice.

It turned out that Jiang Wei and others were also blocked by the generals defending the city, and they could not enter the city. They could only look at the cold city wall and leave helplessly. It's really not my fault.Only Jiang Wei has feelings for Yicheng that he refuses to give up.

'Jiang' is a common surname in Liangzhou.Jiang Wei's father, Jiang Jiong, was the meritorious officer of Tianshui County. In the 19th year of Jian'an, Jiang Jiong was killed in battle as a guard during a Qiang and Rong rebellion.

In the spring of the 19th year of Jian'an, Ma Chao borrowed troops from Zhang Lu and together with Han Sui led the Qiang and Rong tribes to attack Qishan and defeated Qishan's guard Jiang Xu. He personally protected Jiang Xu, the prefect of the county, and others. He fought alone and died on the battlefield because he was outnumbered. Jiang Wei's son Jiang Wei resolutely joined the army at the age of 12.

Thinking about how his father used to shed blood on the battlefield here to protect his own prefect, but now he was abandoned by the prefect.

"Father, Jiang Wei is not filial! It is really helpless to rebel against Wei Touhan today. The prefect has no virtue, Wei Shi is afraid of fighting, and Wei Wei can't save it..." Jiang Wei looked at the city wall and said silently, only allowing himself to hear .

"Bo Yue, let's go!" Liang Xu saw that Jiang Wei seemed to have stayed there, but he also thought of the reason for it, and didn't say much, only wishing to devote himself to the Shu Han and everything he could do.

"Let's go!" Jiang Wei responded silently, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and started running in the direction of Xixian County, because the Shu Han army had just occupied Xixian County and should be on the way to Yicheng at this time.

Liu Bei looked at Jiang Wei, but the smile on his face became even stronger!Not for anything else, but for Jiang Wei's frankness; "To win Boyue today is to win Tianshui," Liu Bei said slowly, but this also revealed how much he valued Jiang Wei at the moment.

"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, before planning the Northern Expedition, I sent people to know about the prefects and their subordinate officials in the counties of Yongzhou. I also recorded the prefects of Tianshui and Jiang Wei, the Lang Zhongling of Tianshui; let's not talk about the prefects. Ma Zunnai is a man who likes profit, so he said Lang Zhongling Jiang Wei; according to reliable sources, Lang Zhongling entered the military camp at the age of 12 after he was Zhonglie, and later he was promoted to the position of Lang Zhongling by virtue of his military exploits against foreigners. He is only 21 years old today; he originally planned to try his best to appease Lang Zhongling when he entered Tianshui, but he did not expect that Boyue would be thrown into the Han camp before he reached Yicheng, this is your majesty's luck." Zhuge Liang said Liu Bei's words slowly, and a heart of insight into opportunities was fully displayed at this time.

"Your Prime Minister is serious! Jiang Wei is just an ordinary person, and it is helpless to vote in the Shu Han today, let alone any credit. How can He De make the Prime Minister think about it?" Jiang Wei replied in a deep voice, but his head was lowered. up.

"Your Majesty, you can hear the meaning behind Bo Yue's words!" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and laughed.

After being reminded by Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei thought about what Jiang Wei said just now, but he immediately understood; "I heard that Ma Zun is currently preparing the city defense in Shangyu County. Shangyu County." Liu Bei said slowly, but he also cast his face full of expectations on Jiang Wei.

The officials of Wei State who had just entered the account with Jiang Wei also focused their attention on Jiang Wei, waiting for his answer.

"Although Ma Zun abandoned me, I can't fight against him on the battlefield. After all, without his promotion in the past, I would not be where I am today; besides, my father died to save the governor of Tianshui County, but I want to kill Tianshui today." The county guard, because of righteousness and affection, I can't overstep, I beg Your Majesty to take back the military order." Jiang Wei knelt down, clasped his hands, and straightened his waist.

When all the civil and military soldiers who had just surrendered with Jiang Wei heard this, their slightly opened eyes shot out scorching eyes, like a cold sword edge wrapped in flames, trying to pierce Jiang Wei's heart. It was obvious that this was for himself. The opportunity for these people to show off was rejected by Jiang Wei, and no one would be outraged.

"Love and righteousness, yes! I like it!" Liu Bei said calmly.

(End of this chapter)