Chapter 82 Long time no see
After three hours, it was impossible to get to Jicheng from here, even if there were pigeons, they didn't have this thing. Although they had heard that someone could use pigeons to communicate, they were obviously still in the stage of knowing it.
Although Dong Feifei had used it, this thing was not popularized during this period. Liu Xie and his friends used it as a secret category, which is difficult for ordinary people to know, let alone get close to it.
In this way, they can only discuss and decide everything.
Is it a war? Is it a surrender?
"Don't look at me like this!" Seeing that Ma Dai and Pang De were looking at him, Ma Chao waved his hand, "Although I am the chief general, my father can say when I am waiting to send troops, let Dai supervise me. Then, now, you can make a decision!"
Seeing Ma Dai and Pang De's mouth twitching lightly, Ma Chao said loyally: "Of course, if there is anything, I'll fight with you!"
Pang De thought for a while, sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll make a decision on this matter yourself! After all, I am the main general here, and you are just the main generals of reinforcements. When you come here, you will have to be controlled by me."
Pang De actually knew that Ma Chao's status in Ma Teng's mind was not high, and he had never found any good reason to weaken Ma Chao's prestige. If Ma Chao was involved in this matter, wouldn't it be a good excuse for Ma Teng? Also, Ma Dai was also Ma Teng's nephew after all. If their brothers were involved in this matter, it would inevitably cause disagreement between their families, which Pang De didn't want to see.
After hearing this, Ma Dai shook his head and said, "Ling Ming's words are wrong! Although you are the chief general here, we still have the right to take your place after we come here. What's more, in my uncle's eyes, I am a firm surrender. There is no reason why I will not participate in this kind of thing."
Ma Dai's words made Ma Chao a little embarrassed! He felt that Ma Dai was carrying a disaster for him. Because his father knew very well that if Ma Chao had opposed this matter closely, how could Ma Dai and Pang De surrender so easily? Since that's the case, how could he not have Ma Chao's share if he surrendered?
"Okay, don't fight! If you surrender, just surrender!" Ma Chao said gritted his teeth. "I have figured it out these days, as Dai Di said. If we fight hard with them, there is really no chance of winning. Not to mention anything else. Just based on our current morale, how long can this Longxian County be maintained?"
Pang De breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he was worried that Ma Chao's temper would not be able to turn around. Now that he heard this, he felt relieved.
However, Ma Dai smiled and said, "Actually, surrender is nothing, you can delay the time, right? Ling Ming can send someone to send my uncle a message. Let's make an appointment with His Majesty and give us five days to think about it. Five days is enough!"
Pang De shook his head and said, "Five days, I guess that one will give us three days!"
"Five days are just the conditions we have put forward. Can we continue to talk to him? But I guess it would be good if there were two days! Two days will be enough for uncle to come from Yi County." Ma Dai smiled sly.
Ma Chao exhaled and said, "Then you just need to take care of this matter. I'll go and take a break first. I've learned a lot in the past few days. I'll digest it first!"
Seeing Ma Chao patted his butt and left without looking back, Ma Dai and Pang De looked at each other and knew that Ma Chao was just unable to hide his face. In fact, his heart had long since hadn't had much hope for the Xiliang Army. Otherwise, he wouldn't have plunged into martial arts at this time.
As a result, two hours later, Ma Dai once again left the city alone and came to negotiate in Liu Xie's military camp.
When Liu Xie saw Ma Dai coming, he smiled, but instead of receiving Ma Dai himself, he threw him to Guo Jia and asked Guo Jia to argue with Ma Dai. He took the female soldiers of Luanwei Camp and went there together. Of course, the range of Ta Chun was not far, just near the military camp.
Guo Jia was instructed by Liu Xie and knew how to act. As a senior official, he naturally needed the quality of an actor. So Guo Jia naturally sneered at the conditions proposed by Ma Dai and refuted him to the point of being completely decent. So Ma Dai had to beg, saying that he had old men and women... Cough cough, of course it was not the case.
Ma Dai's reason is very simple. He needs to ask Ma Teng for instructions. After all, he is Ma Teng's nephew, and Ma Chao is Ma Teng's son. If Ma Teng is betrayed by his own son and nephew, then how can he have face? If Ma Teng is unable to leave for a moment and insists on fighting against His Majesty to the end, wouldn't it be ruined His Majesty's plan? In this way, wouldn't His Majesty's gain be worth the loss?
So Guo Jia also thought Ma Dai's words made sense. After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay, I'll give you two days to prepare. If there is no news on the third day, don't blame us for "firing"!" So Ma Dai was grateful and continued to beg for mercy...
So after Ma Dai and Guo Jia argued with each other, the days were finally set in three days. Finally, three days of buffering time were obtained. The second batch of communication soldiers prepared by Pang De had been waiting at the city gate. When the news arrived, he quickly rushed to Ji County.
Seeing Ma Dai leave, Liu Xie ran back and smiled and said, "Fengxiao didn't bully others badly!"
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Your Majesty is joking. This Ma Dai is a little insightful. The reasons we said are exactly the same as the reasons we think. But he obviously overestimated the combat effectiveness of their post-school masters and underestimated the sharpness of our siege equipment!"
Liu Xie chuckled and said, "This is normal. I will not believe it before I have seen the sharpness of these siege equipment. But Ma Dai is also a talented person. Ma Chao is brave, but he is too impulsive and has a straightforward temperament. Ma Teng is too greedy and needs to be beaten!"
Sure enough, two days later, Liu Xie caught several messengers sent by Ma Teng, and these messengers naturally delivered letters to Li and Guo. The content of the letter was nothing more than urging Li and Guo to act quickly, because Liu Xie had not given him much time. If he surrendered, it would be impossible for them to pass through Xiliang easily.
From these letters, it can be fully confirmed that Ma Teng and Han Sui helped Li and Guo escape!
For this reason, Liu Xie not only did not stop these people, but also used his own strength to pass these letters to Li and Guo more quickly.
After Li and Guo received the urgent news from Ma Teng, they finally couldn't sit still.
Li Jue and Guo Si are both in their thirties and forties. Although they had fought with Dong Feifei, their lives were much more nourishing than others. Thinking back to the time when Dong Feifei was ordered to suppress bandits, these two guys had the bad record of using ordinary civilians as bandits to lead military achievements. When Dong Feifei entered Luoyang, these two guys colluded with Dong Feifei's other subordinates to rob Luoyang civilians. It was full of evil deeds. Of course, the lives of evil people are always more interesting than those of good people.
After Dong Feifei died, their power reached its peak, controlling the cowardly "Liu Xie" and living a life like a Supreme Emperor.
In the "waste of time" of such a nourishing life, the vigorous energy in their hearts had long been worn out. How could they be the opponent of Liu Xie, who was "working hard to govern", so they had long had the idea of running away under the attack of Chen Dao and Zhang Ren.
Anyway, they have plundered a lot over the years, so they can live their rest of their lives carefree, so why bother with Liu Xie!
In history, these two guys fought with Cao Cao and could still bring Mahan and Han to help him. They were very arrogant, but they were taken away by Lao Cao. But now, Liu Xie's strength is much stronger than Lao Cao in that period, and the Mahan and Han are even more inclined to this, and their hope of leveraging their strength is shattered.
Therefore, he had the idea of running away. It's okay to run away! Liu Xie liked them doing this, and he also let Chen Dao "neglect and open the net" and let them run away. At this time, Chen Dao's troops were like a wall of iron surrounding Xianyang and Chang'an. It was naturally difficult for Li Guo and his men to "smuggle" in front of his wall of iron. In this way, they needed an insider.
Liu Xie has prepared this inner supporter for them, who is it? Jia Xu, Jia Junji! It’s so unexpected!
Jia Xu was in Chen Da, and he was powerful enough to speak, and he was an old acquaintance with them. Jia Xu was 'nostalgic'! After these two guys tried several times, the lion spoke up and bit the two of them hard, and then promised them to create an opportunity for them. At the same time, he sold a "blind spot" in the military defense map to these two. A defensive blind spot is enough for the two, but it is far from enough to turn defeat into victory.
They also knew that it might be possible to ask Jia Xu to be "nostalgic", but it would be impossible to betray Liu Xie completely.
However, this was enough. After the two discussed it, they made a plan. Of course, under Ma Teng's urging, they had to make a plan as soon as possible.
So, on a dark and windy night, the gate of Chang'an City quietly opened a crack...
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After the second half of the night, the two men gathered at a place outside Xianyang City and then headed northwest.
Chen Dajun, who surrounded Xianyang and Chang'an, knew nothing about this, but he really knew nothing about it, not deliberately pretending not to see it. Because they received Liu Xie's explanation, they turned a blind eye to it. Therefore, there was no need to monitor their advance. Naturally, someone would monitor their whereabouts.
The next day, the two groups of people dressed up as horse merchants and continued to head northwest. However, when passing Qi County and turning to the mountain road outside the county, they saw a young man with a smile on his face, riding a white horse with a divine horse blocking their way.
"Two, long time no see you!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!