Chapter 263: The down-and-out Pang Kuo

Changhuan City, the Wei army camp, is now the place where Wei Bu is in charge. The former commander of the Wei army, Pang Kuo, was also sent by Wei Bu to manage food, grass and military funds. However, the atmosphere of the Wei army camp after Wei Bu took over was very depressing, especially Pang Kuo's old subordinates, who usually disobeyed Wei Bu's words.

In the central army tent, Wei Bu sat opposite Wei Li, another royal general. Wei Li was Wei Bu's cousin and Wei Bu's greatest support in the army. This time, several generals under Wei Bu were afraid of Pang Kuo's past prestige and did not dare to blatantly support Wei Bu. If Wei Li had not supported Wei Bu with a group of royal generals, and Pang Kuo's direct line suffered heavy losses, Wei Bu might not have been able to successfully sit on the throne of commander of the army.

"Brother Li, what's wrong with Pang Kuo these days?" Wei Bu asked Wei Li. Although Wei Bu had already firmly controlled the power, Pang Kuo had been a Grand Marshal for so many years. The prestige in the army was not comparable to Wei Bu. If Pang Kuo really did anything, Wei Bu would be very troublesome.

Wei Li shook his head and said, "Pang Kuo is honest during this period and has not made any moves. He has not even seen the old subordinates of the past. However, brother, I heard that Pang Kuo's old subordinates once secretly sent someone to Chenliu to meet the king. Do you think the king will be upset about Pang Kuo?"

Wei Bu smiled and said, "Brother Li is too worried. Who is the king? Don't you know? Pang Kuo has outstanding military achievements and has always been a slanderous disobedience to the king's orders. The king has long been dissatisfied with him for a long time, but he is afraid of Pang Kuo's power in the army and has not acted rashly. I also heard that the king's southern tour of Chenliu was promoted by Pang Kuo, and the king originally disagreed with it. Now Pang Kuo has lost Puyang City. The king wishes he could kill him, so how could he care about him?"

When Wei Li heard this, he finally felt relieved. The two brothers seized power this time, they were completely arbitrarily. If the King of Wei was really dissatisfied with the seize power and ordered Pang Kuo to regain power, their brothers would not be able to fight Pang Kuo anyway. After all, Pang Kuo's great sage for more than ten or twenty years was not in vain. In terms of prestige in the army, no one in the entire Wei Kingdom could compare with him. As long as the King of Wei was ordered, the generals who supported Wei Bu in the past would immediately turn the spearhead to support Pang Kuo.

In the back camp of the Wei army, Pang Kuo was commanding soldiers to transport grain and grass and sort out military funds. Once he lost power, Pang Kuo said that it was impossible to be unwilling to do so. However, he also knew that Wei Bu had captured his two defeats, and in the battle between Zhao army in the house, Wei Bu's record was indeed better than his. So even if he was unwilling to do so, he could only endure it. As long as Wei Bu was slightly defeated, he could just regain power. However, before that, he could only stay in this place to count the grain and grass.

During this period, Pang Kuo did not see any old subordinates. It was not that he didn't want to see him, but that Wei Bu's confidants were guarding him all around the grain warehouse. If Wei Bu knew that he had met his old subordinates, he would probably not have a good life for those old subordinates.

Outside the grain warehouse, the Wei army military advisor Chu Fei came here to see Pang Kuo. If anyone in the entire Wei army had the best relationship with Pang Kuo, then it would be Chu Fei. Chu Fei has been serving as a military advisor for many years and followed Pang Kuo to fight south and north, and had deep feelings for each other, but this is also the reason why Chu Fei has never been able to join the central government to serve important positions.

Logically speaking, with Chu Fei's ability, he could rank among the top five or even the top three in the entire Wei Kingdom, but because of his friendship with Pang Kuo, he was suppressed by the King of Wei. The reason is that Pang Kuo's power in the army is already very large. If he really lets his tentacles into the court, he may not sleep well. Although Pang Kuo will not be unfavorable to the King of Wei, he has to be in the suspicion of the emperor and the King of Wei has to be guarded against. Therefore, over the years, Chu Fei has to serve as the military advisor of the army.

After Chu Fei came to the grain warehouse, he saw Pang Kuo who was commanding soldiers to transport grain and grass. He couldn't help but feel sad. As the Grand Sima of Wei, when did Pang Kuo do such a thing?

"Secretary of the Great Master, Chu Fei is looking for a meeting!" Chu Fei called out to Pang Kuo. After hearing this, Pang Kuo turned around and saw Chu Fei not far away. He looked surprised, then walked to Chu Fei and said, "Military advisor, why are you here?"

Chu Fei said: "I will take a look at the Grand Sima, and ask the Grand Sima what difficulties it has been in the past. If my subordinates can help, just speak up."

Pang Guo smiled and shook his head, saying, "What trouble can I have? I am just a little emotional. For so many years, as the commander of the army, I have never personally managed food and grass military funds. Now I am really not used to it."

"Sima, you've been miserable." After hearing this, Chu Fei felt even more uncomfortable. Pang Kuo, who used to be full of energy and was full of energy, now he is a small food and grass official.

Pang Kuo waved his hand and said indifferently: "There is nothing to be bitter or not. They all serve the Great Wei, but they are just different positions. But you, Wei Bu did not make things difficult for you?" Although Pang Kuo was seized by Wei Bu and forced to be a small food and grass official, as the current Grand Marshal of the Wei State, a first-rank military officer, and the nominal supreme commander of the Wei army, even Wei Bu dared not make things too difficult for him. However, Chu Fei and other old subordinates were probably very difficult for Wei Bu to treat them on weekdays.

"Fortunately, Wei Bu doesn't trust us too much, and he won't give us some things on weekdays. But this is fine, we can take the opportunity to rest. After fighting for so many years, we are tired." Chu Fei said it very easily, as if he was really not dissatisfied at all.

Although Chu Fei's words were very plain, Pang Kuo heard Chu Fei's injustice from it. It seemed that Wei Bu was very embarrassed by them on weekdays, so he sighed and said, "Actually, you shouldn't come today. If Wei Bu knew about it, he would probably be even more embarrassed by you in the future."

But Chu Fei said indifferently: "What's the matter? Grand Sima, the entire Wei Dynasty, who doesn't know that the relationship between you and me is the best? Even if I don't come today, Wei Bu will not believe me. It's better to follow his own heart."

"Yes, by the way, it's rare for you to come here. I can't let you come in vain. I'll invite you to drink. After coming to the grain warehouse, there are more opportunities to drink." Pang Kuo smiled and pulled Chu Fei in.

Just when Chu Fei appeared in the grain warehouse, someone had already reported to Wei Bu, and Wei Bu didn't care. The relationship between Chu Fei and Pang Kuo was well known to the entire Wei Kingdom. If Chu Fei didn't look at Pang Kuo, Wei Bu would feel abnormal.

Zhao Xin didn't know about Pang Kuo's power seizure, but Zhao Xin still guessed something. The reason was that the "Pang"-shaped banner at the head of Changhuan City was replaced, and replaced by a "Wei"-shaped banner. After dealing with the Wei army for so long, Zhao Xin knew that this was the general flag of Wei general Wei Bu, so Zhao Xin guessed that something might have happened in Changhuan City. However, Zhao Xin did not launch an attack rashly because he still suspected that it was Pang Kuo's trick.

However, during this period, the mental outlook of the Wei army was much worse than before. Zhao Xin observed for many days and finally realized that something major had happened in Changhuan City. Zhao Xin had heard that the relationship between Pang Kuo and Wei Bu was not very good, so it was very likely that Wei Bu seized Pang Kuo's power after he came to Changhuan. However, Zhao Xin did not know how Wei Bu seized power and did not care. Changing commanders at the last stage was a taboo in military strategists. In the next period, the morale of the Wei army would be greatly affected, so Zhao Xin was planning when to attack Changhuan City.

Now the 120,000 Wei troops in Changhuan City are most of the elite forces of the Wei Kingdom. As long as this Wei army is destroyed, the entire Wei Kingdom will no longer have any force to station the offensive of the Zhao army. If Wei Kingdom is destroyed, what kind of storms can a mere Han Qing do?
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