Ma Chao's idea in his mind, "If it really doesn't work, go to Wuzhangyuan for a gamble to see if he can go to Baoxi Road to join Liu Bei." To put it bluntly, he was seriously ill and went to the doctor for illness in a state of panic.

I have never considered the difficulty of the march along the way in detail, and the terrain is bumpy. At present, it is purely a "map to open the border". If I really want to implement it, I have to do a lot of detailed analysis.

But the army of the puppet dynasty in Chang'an would not wait for him, so after only two or three days of recuperation in the small town of Qixian, the besieged troops came. At first, Guo Si led the troops, but later, as the enemy learned that Ma Chao's retreating position was only more than 200 miles away from Chang'an, he sent people from Chang'an to surround him.

Fortunately, Ma Chao and Pang De still had a total of five or six thousand elite soldiers. With sufficient food, he could still defend a small county town for a long time.

Although one or two thousand of these five or six thousand people have minor or serious injuries on their bodies, they need to recover for half a month in the short term, and more fractures may damage the internal organs at least two months. However, it is not a big problem to rely on the remaining 4,000 new forces to last for one or two months.

After a few days of siege, when the time was approaching September, and the siege was not very smooth, the generals' initial anger about "the fat meat that is in his mouth is still daring to resist", Jia Xu advised Guo Si:

"Although General Guo and Ma Chao escaped for a while, it was not worth worrying. The small town of Qixian was deeply trapped in the jurisdiction controlled by the imperial army, and was more than 200 miles away from the nearest enemy princes. Moreover, there was not much property in the city, and the people needed to rob it. If it attacked fiercely, although it would definitely be taken down, our army would have suffered heavy casualties.

It is better to slowly siege it. For example, if you wait until the cold winter season, then sending envoys to separate and disintegrate. It would be best to make Ma Chao surrender. Even if Ma Chao doesn't believe that our army will pardon him, at least it will be divided into Ma Chao's generals. At that time, if someone offers a door, wouldn't it be at your fingertips?

What's more, these Wuwei cavalry are all elite, so they are also considered fellow countrymen. As long as their generals are taken over, will the troops be dispatched by us? Does General Guo want to have more than 5,000 elite cavalry under his command? Why do you have to commit more murderous crimes?

Moreover, Ma Teng's defense against Jieting is now lost. Ma Teng's main force in Wuwei Zhangye's military was either annihilated or surrounded here. The thief's nest is empty. It is a good opportunity for the court to completely recapture Wuwei Zhangye and other places, and to eliminate the biggest future troubles of Xiliang. Why do they stick to it?"

Guo Si actually has no grudge against Ma Chao, mainly because Guo Si is a man with a big temper, fierce and irritable man. Last year, Lu Bu was stabbed in the thigh and was about to find someone to give him a knife and vent his anger, he hit Ma Chao, but he was hit again and suffered a loss, so he couldn't let it go and always wanted to kill him.

Guo Si has no political foresight, and his IQ is not on the same level as Li Jue, who is known for his "crawlingness".

So in the face of Jia Xu's persuasion, he just chose to accept: "Wenhe's words, right? Ma Teng's main force was wiped out. Now he should take the opportunity to directly attack the thief's nest and plow the burrow. But I'm so angry that Ma Chao, and Ma Teng retreated back to Wudu in one breath, which is too far away. The court will let others chase him, otherwise you can do it."

Jia Xu was secretly happy: In the chaotic world, it is also good to find a piece of territory that can be fought and retreated and defended, leaving a way out for life.

Moreover, Jia Xu himself is from Guzang County, Wuwei County. In history, he was in the Xiliang army. The reason why he first got along with Duan Wei was followed by Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu’s uncle and nephew was because there was a layer of friendship between fellow villagers.

Duan Wei is from the closest hometown to Jia Xu, both from Guzang County and a fellow villager in the same county, so Jia Xu first wanted to join Duan Wei. Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu were a little farther away from each other, and Jia Xu. Guo Si was from Zhangye County next door, while Li Jue was from Beidi County, and he was even further away.

The reason why the Chang'an court was so polite to Ma Teng before was that he was the general who fought against the West was that on the one hand, the families of many middle and lower-level soldiers in the army were still in Wuwei, and Zhangye's hometown, and Ma Teng was spared from showing goodwill to Ma Teng (the family of the top general was of course Dong Zhuo, and Wang Yun received it from Chang'an after his death. This refers to grassroots officers who were not in high enough status and had no money to move and let their families accompany the army)

If we take advantage of the opportunity to seize Ma Teng's territory this time, wouldn't the families of the soldiers in the court be in Jia Xu's hands and be able to move forward and retreat freely?

Therefore, after hearing Guo Si's incompetence and acted in anger, Jia Xu almost immediately wanted to take Zhang Ji or Zhang Xiu to regain Wuwei Zhangye.

After everything is done and a solid rear base is available, it will not be too late to consider returning to the North Korea to plan major events, nor will it delay these few months.

However, in order not to appear too active, an old fox like Jia Xu still pretends to be modest, so he continued to persuade: "General Guo should not act voluntarily, there is priority. Now is the time when Ma Teng is the weakest, and the opportunity should not be missed. General Guo is also from Zhangye County. Don't you want to hold your hometown in your hands?"

After hearing Jia Xu's heartfelt words, Guo Si was a little moved and patted Jia Xu on the shoulder: "Wenhe, who is with us? I won't hide it from you. I can't be far away from Chang'an for too long - I will only tell you this, don't tell anyone again!"

When he said this, Guo Si's expression suddenly became a little serious. Of course, Jia Xu also understood and sweared: "How can Adu trust Jia so much? How can he leak it? But it doesn't matter. Jia swears with his character and never leak it."

Guo Si was moved by Jia Xu and sighed bitterly: "Oh, Li Zhiran has been in power for nearly a year, and he is better, General of the Car and Cavalry, and we are still a right general. We agreed to join the grand event together, what have we got now?

Every time I go out to the capital to use troops, I either dispatch me or Zhang Ji. If the princes of Guandong attack, let Duan Wei defend him to the death. If I leave the center for a long time, I don’t know how many soldiers and troops will be occupied. Maybe after Ma Chao surrenders, his five thousand elite cavalry will be incorporated by Li Zhiran! We will beat the prisoners who were forced to surrender to death, but it is unreasonable to make him more affordable!"

Of course, Guo Si's dissatisfaction with Li Jue's autocracy is more than this. What I just mentioned is just the most intuitive problem at the moment. Later, Guo Si talked a lot of complaints. In short, it is to ensure his own interests - department, money, grain and property, and he cannot suffer losses in the sharing of spoils.

As for the administrative power of the court, Guo Si actually didn't care much. He was a rough man, as long as he did not treat him badly in terms of soldiers, food, money, and women.

After hearing Guo Si's complaints, Jia Xu pretended to put himself in his shoes and helped Guo Si out of his ideas: "General Guo, since you have not been away from Chang'an for too long, I have a plan - I would like to take Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, leading half of Zhang Ji's troops, mainly cavalry, set out from Chen Cang, cross Jieting along the riverside, chase Ma Teng's old nest all the way, and strive to regain Wuwei.

General Guo could lead the troops of his headquarters, or attack Han Sui along the Wei River from Chen Cang, which was to defeat the bandits and make contributions and increase the general's authority in the court. Secondly, it was to prevent Han Sui from taking advantage of Ma Teng's weakness and blocking Jieting again to prevent our army from advancing westward, and he himself invaded Ma Teng's Wuwei.

If the general is a little confident in his jun, he is more risky, and he can also pass Jieting and circle south from behind to Linwei, allowing Zhang Ji to attract Han Sui's main force in front of Chen Cang.

In this way, Han Sui was blocked in the Wei River Valley, with Chen Cang in front and Lin Wei in behind, and was attacked from both sides. Once Han Sui's main force was annihilated, he could only protect Tianshui County and Ji County's lonely city. If Han Sui was killed on the battlefield, he would have the entire land of Longxi.

The conquest of Han Sui is much closer than that of Ma Teng. The general can take into account the problem of not staying away from Chang'an for too long. Moreover, as long as he has the merit of defeating Han Sui, if Ma invaded this time, even if Ma invaded, it is not difficult to send a letter to the court and let Your Majesty open a mansion for you. This is a good thing that has few wars but many merits."

To put it bluntly, Li Jue and Guo Si's power expansion in the Chang'an court also had a process, and it was not that he was directly appointed as the most powerful minister when he just killed Wang Yun.

The first stage was to use Huangfu Song's signature to make Huangfu Song a chariot and ride, and they were puppets behind him, so there was no need to say that the second stage of power leaping, and in history it was after the conquest of Mahan. Originally, there were only Li Jue and San Gongfu in the Chang'an court, with a total of four mansions, and Li Jue was not completely single-man rule.

After the conquest of Mahan in history, Guo Si and Fan Chou also opened their palaces for military merits, and the Chang'an court became the "six palaces". From that moment on, the three dukes completely became waste rubber stamps.

In this life, Fan Chou died early in the Battle of Hanzhong, so the burden of counterattacking Mahan mainly fell on Guo Si's shoulders. Li Jue wanted to prevent the Chang'an civil servant group from rebelling. Jia Xu said that as long as Han Sui was completely defeated, even if Han Sui's base nest could not be wiped out, Guo Si could still gain enough military merits to open the palace, which was not a joke.

Guo Si was indeed overjoyed: "This is easy to say. It takes only more than a month to severely damage Han Sui's main force. Chen Cang's battlefield will only be more than 300 miles away from Chang'an. It is not like fighting Wuwei. In this way, you can be promoted to Kaiquan's mansion. It is indeed cost-effective - then thank you Wenhe, who do you bring, Zhang Xiu, and use Zhang Ji's troops to help me travel to Wuwei."

Jia Xu: "I should share the worries of the country, but before transferring troops, Jia also wants to ask Li Cheqi for instructions."

Guo Si: "You are the first to serve the king. If you want to mobilize troops, why do you ask him for instructions? You are too careful, go."

After a few more days of operation, the army of the pseudo-King Dynasty in Chang'an was re-mobilized.

Jia Xu first asked Li Jue for instructions, and then Zhang Ji. Of course, Zhang Ji would not refuse him. He thanked Jia Xu for his 15,000 cavalry. It was not that Zhang Ji didn't want to give more troops, but that he had more than 40,000 people in Chen Cang, which was already counting the newly recruited men in the past year, and he really couldn't get more horses. Giving Jia Xu 15,000 was already a squeeze on the horse stock.

From this attitude, it can be seen how respect Zhang Ji respects this fellow villager in the same county and county, and he has always called Jia Xu by his brother. Therefore, Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu to lead his troops to the battle and also treated him with his uncle's courtesy.

Jia Xu also knew that when he formally sent troops to pursue Ma Teng, it was already half past September when he crossed Jieting, and Xiliang was also a bitter and cold place in the north. Because it was far away from the sea, the temperature difference between day and night was greater than that in Youzhou, northeast China.

As the saying goes, "The sky and the sky will fly in August", so the time window for attacking Ma Teng is not long. At most, by the end of October, you can circle as much as you can.

If Ma Teng fled far away to Zhangye, he would definitely not be able to chase him this winter, so he had to fight wherever he went first, rest and repair it on the spot, and expand the results of the battle in the spring of the following year. In history, Ma Teng and Han attacked Chang'an in March of the following year, which is not unreasonable, because Xiliang will not be able to fight until the third month of the lunar calendar.

However, Guo Si can get a decisive result in dealing with Han Sui before October, and even annihilated Han Sui's vitality. After all, Chen Cang and Linwei battlefields are much closer, and the weather is not that bad compared to the south.

As Jia Xu expected, Guo Si quickly obtained an effective attack on Han Sui after sending troops.
Chapter completed!