EBE Chapter 547 Liangzi, call me brother-in-law! Did Ma Su defect to the Southern Barbarians?
Chapter 547 Liangzi, call me brother-in-law! Did Ma Su defect to the Southern Barbarians?
After dealing with the surrender of Li Yan and others, only Zhuge Liang remained as the final figure.
Zhuge Liang glanced at Su Yu with evasive eyes, and bowed, saying:
"I...I pay my respects to Commandant Wei."
Su Yu interrupted:
"Don't call me Commandant, call me brother-in-law."
"Sister...Brother-in-law."
Zhuge Liang looked humiliated.
But this older single man simply doesn't understand that Zhuge Qi is now hopelessly in love with Su Yu.
Foolish little brother, how could he know how good the relationship between his sister and brother-in-law is?
"Kongming, actually I admire you very much."
"But Xun Yu has said that if you don't take up a post in the Ministry of Personnel, he'll die of anger and show Su what's what!"
Zhuge Liang: "???"
Honestly, this was the first time in his life that Zhuge Liang had ever heard someone utter threatening words in such a humble manner!
Xun Yu, damn it...
Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang was unaware of the true situation within Cao Cao's camp.
Xun Yu may seem impressive, but the talents in the Ministry of Personnel are not yet able to produce and consume their own talent.
To acquire more outstanding talents, we must rely on Su Yu's strength.
This is the relationship between Party A and Party B; Su Yu is the real boss!
Furthermore, Xun Cai, this dear younger sister, is also one of Su Yu's people, and Xun Yu can't afford to offend her!
Why did Xun Yu insist that Zhuge Liang take a position in the Ministry of Personnel?
It's all Fa Zheng's fault for being so talkative!
Fa Zheng vividly described to Xun Yu Zhuge Liang's "spirited and radiant" demeanor when handling government affairs.
Xun Yu was so excited when he heard this that he immediately ordered all the talented officials in the Ministry of Personnel to add another cartload of government affairs to their duties for the day!
What is the innate divine body of a high-ranking official?
Xun Yu has been searching for so long, and finally found a divine person besides himself!
He must be brought into the Minister's residence! He must be trained as a successor!
Therefore, Xun Yu was determined to win over Zhuge Liang and kept a close eye on him from a distance.
The kind of person who won't give up until they achieve their goal!
"I... will follow my brother-in-law's teachings."
Zhuge Liang was quite shrewd.
They come, the security.
At least he's still a useful person, so he won't end up as a prisoner.
Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
My brother-in-law is quite sensible.
Unfortunately, Xun Yu was determined to take him.
Even if you want to get your brother-in-law out of the den of dragons and tigers in the Minister's mansion, you have to let him go in and work for a while first.
……
It was thought that the surrender of the heroes would proceed quite smoothly.
But unexpectedly, some cattle and horses escaped without permission.
They're not even going to act anymore; they should be punished!
This escaped cattle and horses was none other than Ma Su.
In reality, before Cao Cao's army entered the city, Ma Su, sensing the unfavorable situation, secretly slipped away.
This guy's running speed is quite reminiscent of Liu Bei.
No wonder that after the defeat at the Battle of Jieting in history, Zhuge Liang was so angry that he wanted to execute him.
On the surface, the reason for the execution was that Ma Su had lost a battle, which led to the failure of the Northern Expedition.
But the real reason was that Ma Su abandoned his army and ran away!
This matter is supplemented in the biography of Xiang Lang in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
Although defeat would be punished, given Ma Su's status in Shu Han, he was not likely to be executed.
Being a deserter and abandoning the army to run away is a much more serious offense.
Now, Ma Su has fully demonstrated his spirit of running away, and the news quickly reached Su Yu.
Ma Liang and Li Yan rushed over and apologized to Su Yu.
"Ji Chang, Zheng Fang, both of you, get up."
"This is not your fault."
"But let me make this clear from the beginning."
"Ma Su fled south, most likely to seek refuge with Meng Yi."
"If he really did that, and led the barbarians to become guides in the attack on Jianning, even if he is spared after the war, he will still be a sinner!"
Ma Liang prostrated himself again, saying:
"These people, who have no ruler or father, are at the mercy of the Commandant of the Guards!"
Ma Liang's words were tantamount to expelling Ma Su from the household register.
Although Ma Liang was only the fourth child in his family.
But the old patriarch already planned to pass the position of the next patriarch to him.
Therefore, Ma Liang was qualified to expel Ma Su from the Ma family.
Ma Liang could clearly distinguish between what to keep and what to discard.
Ma Su was truly insane and never considered his family at all.
Once is one thing, but this is the second time!
It's really not worth gambling the Ma family's future for this guy.
Li Yan was also furious.
Su Yu originally intended to give him a discount, telling him to find three more outstanding individuals to join the Minister's office.
Now look what's happened! Ma Su has run away, forcing Li Yan to find a new replacement!
……
Fifty miles outside Jianning
Meng Yi led more than 100,000 barbarian soldiers to this place.
Upon learning that Yong Kai was holding firm to defend the city, Meng Yi frowned slightly.
They are quite different from the nomadic tribes of the north.
The barbarians of the southern region are skilled at making full use of the terrain in mountainous and forest warfare.
In siege warfare, they were even inferior to the Qiang, Di, and Jie peoples.
Therefore, Yong Kai's decision to remain in his post and not leave the area was not a good thing for Meng Yi.
"Your Majesty! We are all warriors as fierce as tigers and wolves."
"Even if that scoundrel Yong Kai holds firm, wouldn't it be better for us to launch a full-scale attack?"
The cave master said with a sinister grin.
Meng Yi turned his head and spat:
"Foolish! If a direct assault were effective, we barbarians would have already stormed into the heart of Yizhou. Why have we been stuck in the south, playing our own game all these years?"
This caused the cave master to remain silent.
One act of initiative can lead to a lifetime of introversion.
King Mulu shouted from the side:
"Your Majesty! I have a plan that might work."
"Our Mulu tribe is skilled at feeding jackals, tigers, and leopards."
"Let's set aside the fighting ability of these jackals and tigers."
"If we place them under the walls of Jianning City, they will surely disrupt the morale of the city."
"Your Majesty should send out another suicide squad to attack the city from behind the jackals and tigers. This will make things twice as easy!"
Meng Yi nodded and said:
"That's a good plan."
"Han people are timid, and most of them never see jackals, wolves, tigers, or leopards more than a few times in their entire lives."
"Releasing these things out will indeed instill fear in them."
"As for the suicide squad, Meng Huo, I'm leaving it to you to lead!"
Upon hearing this, the tribal leaders looked at Meng Yi with even greater fervor.
In some ways, Meng Yi has a lot of leadership qualities.
He did not discriminate against Meng Huo, and even assigned him the most dangerous tasks.
After being bullied by several chariots of Bo Gang, Meng Huo's eyes were empty and lifeless, and he had already disregarded life and death.
His unreliable father used him to win people over.
Fine, let's just take it all in.
at this time.
Suddenly, a personal guard reported to Meng Yi:
"Your Majesty, a Han Chinese man has been spotted outside the camp, claiming he has important news to report!"
Meng Yi raised the corner of his mouth:
"Oh? Bring that person over here quickly."
A short while later, Ma Su was brought in.
Seeing that it was an old acquaintance, Meng Yi smiled and said:
"Isn't this the eloquent messenger from last time?"
"You've come here today, perhaps on behalf of your lord, to make supplementary arrangements to the alliance with me?"
Ma Su prostrated himself on the ground and cried out:
"My lord! My master has already given up resisting the traitor Cao!"
"Now, everything north of Jianning will fall into the hands of Cao Cao. Your Majesty, please make plans as soon as possible!"
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