Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 268 The Four Kingdoms Contest for Hegemony
After Wuling Man's siege disappeared, the Wu army joined forces and held a stalemate with the Ma, Lu, and Man forces in the east of the Xiangjiang River.

Deputy General Wang saw that Pan Jun had been frowning and hesitating for several days, so he entered the camp and said, "The two sons have been captured by Lu Xun today. If the general does not return to the Shu Han, the life of the two sons will be over. The former general once As a minister under Liu Bei's tent, now he returns to Ji Han, obeys the destiny, and has all his descendants, he is still a meritorious minister."

Pan Jun sighed worriedly: "It's not that I don't believe Prime Minister Zhuge's words, nor do I want to return to Ji Han. I'm afraid that Lu Xun will not keep his promise and take the opportunity to kill me; and I'm also afraid that after a hundred years, the prime minister will bring up the mistakes of Jingzhou in the past. , Guan Yu's death, if so, what can I do?"

Wang Wang looked serious and nodded, silent.

During the ten years that Pan Jun and Lu Xun have been in charge of Jingzhou together, there were many disagreements, and they often had different political views and tit-for-tat.Although Sun Quan was responsible for checking and balancing his subordinates and fueling the flames, the grievances between Pan Jun and Lu Xun were real, and they had disliked each other for a long time.

If Pan Jun fell into Lu Xun's hands today, it would be difficult to guarantee that the latter would not take the opportunity to make trouble.

Moreover, the Wu army has still not figured out the true identity of "Shi San" so far, so it is difficult to determine whether the Lu family's military operation to save Wuling Man is based on the Lu family or the "Shi San".

The most important thing is that the terrain of Jingzhou and Yizhou is isolated, which means that after the Lu family switches to the Shuhan, it will be another local emperor in this area, similar to the existence of Guan Yu to the Shuhan in the past.This means that if the three of Pan's father and son do not want to serve under Lu Xun's command, they have to leave their hometown and go to Sichuan.

After thinking for a while, Wang Wang said again: "So, why don't you just say that you are old and weak, and you don't want to serve in either Wu or Han, and you can ask him to release one of his sons first, so that he can lead the army back to Han. If Lu Xun is willing If you let it go, it will be true to surrender; if you refuse to let it go, it will be a fraud. At that time, it is not too late for the general to raise troops to ask for it again."

Pan Jun has been hesitating all the time, because firstly, Lu Xun took the opportunity to make trouble, and secondly, he was afraid of the two sons as hostages. If this plan is used, it will be enough to find out whether Lu Xun has the intention to kill him.Hearing this, he was overjoyed, so he ordered Wang Tuo to lead more than ten people to the Lu family army Dazhai, and asked Lu Xun for a son.

When Ma Di was in the tent, Lu Xun said to him, "This must be Pan Jun's reluctance to surrender to the Han, and this trick is not allowed."

Ma Su didn't know that there was a gap between Lu Xun and Pan Jun, so he said, "I have my own plan."

Then Pan Jun's second son, Pan Mi, was released to leave with Wang Wang, but before the two were released, a letter of appeal was sent to Wuying.

The call to action reads: "Pan Jun, the former minister of the Ji Han Dynasty, made a mistake in Wu before, and has been covered in dust for thirteen years. Now he promises to lead his troops back to the Ji Han, and the rest of the ministries will have nothing to ask. If he returns early, he will be rewarded with a title; if he breaks his promise, he will be executed first. His son, meet again in battle."

As soon as a call to arms went, the fighting spirit of the Wu army collapsed in an instant. Those who did not want to surrender to Shuhan, or those who did not want to carry Wu, abandoned their camp and fled overnight.By the third day, more than half of the soldiers in the Wu army had gone, and there were only ten thousand soldiers left.

Both Lu Xun and Pan Jun looked at Shi San (Ma Di) with admiration.

The cleverness of this plan is to follow the plan and spread Pan Jun's wings first.If the Wu army is numerous, there will be no plans, and if the Wu army is small, the result will be the same whether it surrenders or not.

Pan Jun had some ideas at first, and after he planned to redeem a son, he would look at the situation before making plans.Seeing this, I knew that I had to surrender this time, so I led the remnants of the army to surrender in the hope that the sun will come.

On the east bank of the Xiangshui River, the camp of the Lu Family Army.

Ma Di warmly received Pan Jun and his party. Pan Jun got off his horse and entered the camp. Seeing that the eldest son had been released, he stood in the camp and waited for each other.

After exchanging greetings, Ma Di immediately sent someone to escort Pan Jun and his son to Chengdu; Lu Xun captured all of Pan Jun's troops and stationed them on the outskirts of Wuling Man, occupying most of Wuling County. ambition.

On this day, Ma Su and Lu Xun drank together at the banquet, discussing the previous agreement.

After drinking for three rounds, Ma Su said to Lu Xun, "Bo Yan, does today's situation satisfy your lifelong wishes?"

Lu Xun nodded, but he was not as optimistic as Ma Di, but said solemnly: "In the past, Han Xin didn't listen to what Kuai Tong said, and there was a disaster for Weiyang Palace; the doctor didn't follow Fan Li in Wuhu, and died with his sword. Now The fame of both of them is impressive in the present world, but they died because they didn't know how great they were, so they didn't see the opportunity early."

Ma Su was greatly surprised by this "dangerous and intimidating" rhetoric, which was similar to Jiang Wei's rhetoric of fooling Zhonghui in another time and space, so he stared at Lu Xun, secretly thinking that this guy is not simple.

Lu Xun continued: "Today, the Duke leveled Long and Liang first; then leveled Jiaotong and Jing; the internal passages are strong and the external ones are small, and the feats are so high that the Lord of the earthquake is uneasy. There is no seal. Retire bravely, live in seclusion in the world, and spend the rest of your life at ease."

Ma Di smiled suddenly, waved his hands and said: "The king's words are wrong, the rebellious Cao has not been destroyed, the world is not in peace, how can there be a saying of living in seclusion? And I am only forty years old, just to make progress, how can there be a talk of retreating bravely?"

Lu Xun was waiting for his words, and took the opportunity to take up the conversation: "If you don't have the intention of retiring, you should plan a good strategy early on, with your young wisdom and martial arts, what should you do, I don't need to say more."

Ma Di shook his head and laughed, noncommittal.

After a while, he changed the topic and discussed the details with Lu Xun on the three things that were allowed.First, please make Lu Xun the Marquis of Lingnan in the Shu Han, the governor of Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou for military and political affairs;

The next day, Ma Su took the four generals and three wives with him, and set off to return to Chengdu by the mountain path.

This is the plan he made early on: separate the monarchs and ministers of the Eastern Wu, turn the Three Kingdoms into four forces, and then relieve the pressure from the Eastern Wu for the Shu Han, and let go to compete with Cao Wei for Guanzhong.

As for whether Lu Xun will grow into an enemy of the Shu Han in the future, that is actually not important.

The important thing is that in the next three to five years, Soochow will not be able to cause any trouble to the Shu Han. The Shu Han can let go of their posture and join forces with Kirby to beat Cao Wei.

This is enough.

A few days later, Lu Xun escaped from Jiangling, subdued the Wuxi barbarians, and occupied the southern part of Wuling County. The news that [-] to [-] troops were approaching Jiangling and Wuchang reached Jianye.

After this battle, Wu's territory dropped by one-third, and the situation was in jeopardy.

The Prime Minister Gu Yong said to Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu: "Jiao and Jing are the backs of the Xiang. If the backs are not kept, how can the Xiang be safe? I expect that Lu Xun will attack Wu soon. I hope Your Majesty will strengthen the defense."

All the officials echoed Gu Yong, saying that Lu Xun knew that soldiers were good at defending, so he should not send troops to attack rashly, and should wait for change.

Sun Quan looked around at the ministers and saw that all the great families had such an attitude, he was very angry and felt desolate.

Since he took over Jiangdong, for the first time in 32 years, he intuitively felt that Soochow was not as good as Shuhan.

Even dealing with the traitor Lu Xun was a bit difficult.

According to the current comparison of military power, the national power of Wu State is still much better than the forces controlled by Lu Xun, but the attitudes of the various big clans have been made very clear, that is, they will never take the initiative to attack.

Sun Quan didn't go the same way, following Gu Yong's words for the time being, ordered Zhuge Jin to lead Jingzhou Mu and guard Jiangling; ordered Zhu Huan, Quan Cong, and Ding Feng to be Zhennan General, Pingnan General, and Zhengnan General, respectively, to lead an army to garrison Wuling At various passes, hundreds of battalions were stationed along the Xiangjiang River, under the command of Governor Zhuge Ke, to guard against Lu Xun.

So far, Soochow's self-defense has become a problem, and the previous attempt to link up with Wei and Shu has become an extravagant hope.

……

Ma Di was exhausted all the way, and arrived in Chengdu in July, where he was secretly summoned by Liu Chan.

As soon as they met, Liu Chan asked: "Since Qing captured Jiaozhou, why did you leave it at the hands of others? Why do you want me to make Lu Xun your marquis?"

Ma Di replied calmly: "Yizhou is cut off from the roads of Jiao and Jing, and it is beyond the reach of the whip. It is really difficult to control it. If we treat him with courtesy, the Lu family will counterattack Sun Quan, and there will be no worries on the east front for a few years; otherwise, even if we can Divide Lu and Sun, and it is difficult to keep the east front safe."

Liu Chan followed his words, so he sent people to Wuling with decrees, and made Lu Xun the Marquis of Lingnan, the governor of the three continents, and defeated Wu.

Liu Chan's order was issued here, and Zhuge Liang on the other side had returned from Hanzhong. In front of Liu Chan, he scolded Ma Di and said: "When you often went there, you once swore that if you don't seize Jiaozhou, you will follow the military law. Why do you return empty-handed now?" ? Someone..."

A group of soldiers came in with their halberds, eyeing Ma Su covetously.

Zhuge Liang naturally knew that Ma Su's move was to imitate the old story of Liu Bang's division of Han Xin, and named him the king who ordered him to restrain Xiang Yu. wake up.

Ma Su glanced at Liu Chan first, his face turned ashen for an instant, he bowed his head in silence, not knowing what to do.

The two generals and prime ministers, in front of Liu Chan, openly developed their acting skills.

Liu Chan hastily persuaded: "Father, although Ma Su has never been able to pay the state, he has made great contributions. After this incident, I have no worries on the east front for several years, and Sun Quan will soon die, which can be regarded as repaying the father's failure in Zigui in the past. Enemy, then pardon him, right?"

"Then follow your Majesty's will." Zhuge Liang sighed, closed his eyes, turned around, and said nothing more.

At this time, Zhuge Liang not only loved Ma Di's talent, but also feared that Ma Di's future situation would be difficult to control, and the successor Liu Chan was difficult to control.

Liu Chan then granted Ma Di the title of "Liuhou", and gave him a mansion, ten thousand pieces of silk, and hundreds of maidservants.His wife Axiu, his six sons who are "gentle, thrifty, respectful and humble" and the four generals, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, Zhang Xiu, and Yang Wanwan, are all named marquises.But it does not grant military or official positions.

Ma Di thanked En and went out, stayed in Chengdu for a few days, then took Axiu and the four major generals, walked with Zhuge Liang, and returned to Hanzhong.

Although Zhuge Liang did not give Ma Su an official position, he often discussed with him major military affairs, discussed the opportunity to attack Wei, and sent a letter to Monan, asking Kebi to choose a day to attack Wei together.

At that time, Sima Yi found out that Zhuge Liang had moved to Hanzhong again, so he ordered the soldiers to set up defenses at various passes in Guanzhong, and stood ready.

……

After more than half a month of trekking, the group arrived at Nanzheng City, the seat of Hanzhong.After hearing the news, the common people who came to watch the excitement were all crowded outside the city, all eagerly looking forward to seeing the demeanor of Zhuge Liang and Ma Su, the "two great generals of the Shu Han".

At the gate of the city, horses were neighing and people were noisy, and the wheels were rolling and dust was flying.The soldiers in charge of security duties tried their best to stand up straight, holding up the spears in their hands, and tried their best to maintain the messy scene.

Zhuge Liang sat on a four-wheeled wooden cart and slowly entered Nanzheng City. Jiang Weiwei, who had turned back from Yong'an, held a sword in his hand, and stood majestically behind him, while the assassin Wei Yan followed the other side in a regular manner.

Ever since Wang Ping was "cleaned up" by Ma Di's letter, Wei Yan has also restrained himself a lot, usually avoiding Ma Di, even if he saw it, it was like a mouse seeing a cat, his eyes were full of fear.

Ma Di and his party pulled at the end of the team and entered the city leisurely. Looking at the increasing population in the city, they secretly sighed:

"It seems that the Shu Han has really risen."

"It's not in vain for my fierce operations over the past four years."

Ma Di sat alone in the carriage, eyes closed, and while listening to the noisy voices outside the car, he called out the system, intending to check the current basic disks of the three countries.

At present, what he most urgently wants to know is the extent to which Soochow's national power has weakened. He is so urgent that he doesn't even bother to check the new functions after the system upgrade.

This trip to Jiaozhou cannot be regarded as a great victory, but the state of Wu did lose a state out of thin air, losing a large number of soldiers and nearly a million people.Compared with last year's national strength, it has dropped by at least one-third.

It can be predicted to what extent Soochow, whose national strength has been greatly damaged, will face difficulties in the future.In order to maintain the overall situation and appease the undercurrents of the aristocratic family, Sun Quan needs to show more skills and pay a higher price, and these costs will make Sun Quan's control over Wu Guo decline again.

Thinking about these things, Ma Di swiped open the light screen, and entered Sun Quan's name in the "View other people's attributes" column.

[You, the balance is insufficient. 】

[This permission requires 5000 stability points, your current balance: 1700 points. 】

[Do you need to check the new functions of the system? 】

"..."

But he forgot that he was not steady, so Ma Di patted his forehead, reached out his hand and nodded "Yes", and looked intently.

Then it was discovered that the system had added two new functions on the basis of retaining the original functions, "Easy Points with Money and Food, Exchange Points for Money and Food" and "Three Kingdoms Gambling Board".

"Easy points with money and food, easy money and food with points", each iron coin can be exchanged for 1 sound point, and each stone grain can be exchanged for 100 sound points.And vice versa, every 100 points of stability can be exchanged for 100 coins or one stone of food.

"Three Kingdoms Gambling Board", you can bet on any number of points, and roll dice to bet on big, medium, small and points.[-] to [-] is small, [-] to [-] is medium, [-] to [-] is big, three times the payout if you win, and the principal will disappear if you don’t win; bet on points, pay [-] times when you bet on a single point, and pay [-] times if you don’t win Then the principal disappears.

Gambling?

Ma Di, who was a senior gambler in his previous life, saw this function, his eyes lit up immediately, he poked his finger on the "Three Kingdoms Gambling Board", and shouted:
"Come here!"

"Bang" sound.

A round iron plate suddenly appeared and hit him on the head,

There is a border around the iron plate, which looks like a shallow iron basin, and there are three white jade and ivory dice inside.

Ma Di bent down and picked up the iron plate, looked around, and found that no one had noticed the movement in the carriage, so he pinched his chin and fell into thought.

He must have seen Sun Quan's underpants.

But right now it's not stable enough.

So I can only gamble!
After all, he was a charitable gambling god in his previous life for a period of time, and his gambling skills are superb, so it is impossible to lose.

(End of this chapter)