Li Jue and Guo Si are worried about Han Sui, and Ma Teng and Liu Bei will fight against Guanzhong in the future. This is really not a waste of worry.

If history had not changed at all, Han Sui would have been holding it in for half a year at most, and he would not be able to help join forces with the Yizhou warlords.

This is a guy who doesn't need Li Jue to deliberately provoke it, which will cause big trouble, and a cancer that has dragged down the Han Dynasty for ten years.

However, the situation in this life is the biggest difference from the same period in history. That is, Liu Bei and Han Sui had historical grudges. Five years ago, Liu Bei personally led his army to defeat the Chen Cang besieged troops under Han Sui in the west of Chen Cang City and Wuzhangyuan area. He also asked the emperor to use the lieutenant to kill Han Sui's servants. Former Longxi prefect Li Chan and Li Xiangru. Zhang Fei was also slightly injured in the bloody battle with Yan Xing, while Yan Xing was even worse.

This is not as good as Liu Yan and Han Sui, so it is difficult for Han Sui to plan to discuss with Liu Bei in advance, and Liu Bei is also unwilling to form an alliance with the rebels.

Even after passing Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, the value of Han Sui, a veteran thief, has decreased.

Liu Bei could not do the thing that others could do to "unite old thieves to quell new thieves", and he was concerned about eliminating all evil things.

Han Sui could only ask quietly, "When will Liu Bei fight in the Northern Expedition? We can consider taking advantage of the defeat between Liu Bei and Li Jue and Guo Si, and go to the fisherman to make a profit."

Without knowing the opportunity for Liu Bei to take action, Han Sui's best solution is to make preparations at all times before the autumn harvest.

After all, the cost is the lowest at this time. There are many cavalrymen in Liangzhou. When the autumn is high and the horses are fat, they go around and eat wherever they go, without bringing food.

...

On July 20th, Tianshui County is under Ji County.

It has been a disaster for ten years. General Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi, who had just been whitewashed, welcomed his colleague at the gate of the city, General Ma Teng, the general of the Western Expedition. The two seemed to be intimate. This time, they came here, which seemed to be a big deal.

Han Sui: "My brother Shoucheng, why don't you come? Thank you for your hard work. Come on, let's have a few drinks. Recently, I have received a few new luminous cups from the rich merchants in Jiuquan County, which I will be able to enjoy with you."

Han Sui was at the city gate and saw Ma Teng coming from afar and then dismounted. After Ma Teng hurriedly dismounted and returned the gift, he pulled Ma Teng to chat. People who didn't know thought they were so close.

Ma Teng: "I am a rough man and can't say anything else. How dare I not ask my brother for his good intentions?"

As the two of them said that, they joined the General's Mansion in Zhenxi and treated each other with wine.

The two of them also had their own confidants and held their swords and spears to protect them. Behind Han Sui was Yan Xing, and behind Ma Teng was Ma Chao.

To say that Han Sui and Ma Teng are said to be brothers in the Romance, but in fact, they really want to "convene as brothers", that is also the case after the defeat of Li Jue and Guo Si in 194.

Mainly, in that battle, Han Sui originally went to make peace as a third party, but in the end Li Jue refused to listen to advice. In addition, Ma Teng and Liu Yan's inner support in the Chang'an court were leaked, which became a situation of never ending. As a result, Han Sui was dragged into the water by Ma Teng and fought a battle with Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou's troops, and finally got away with Fan Chou.

Afterwards, Ma Teng thanked Han Sui for helping the siege, and then the two of them called each other brothers. All of this, because Fan Chou is dead, the situation in the world is changing drastically, and it is hard to say whether it can happen again. Therefore, Han Sui and Ma Teng may not be really strong, at most they are the "virtuous brother" who shout at random.

Ma Teng has four or five years shorter experience in thieves than Han Sui. Han Sui has been a thief for ten years, and Ma Teng has only been less than six years.

Ma Teng was the governor of Liangzhou in the fourth year of Zhongping. When he was ordered to suppress the thief, he participated in the quellion as an officer around Geng Bi. Ma Teng also knew that Geng Bi was unreliable. A person who bought an official in office actually bought a war state and was responsible for suppressing the rebellion. He was responsible for slaughtering the rebellion and did not forget to plunder the rebellion. This behavior was like suicide. He would definitely be killed by his subordinates or rebels. However, Ma Teng could not persuade him, and Geng Bi still owed a mortgage on his own. This was impossible to turn back.

Even so, before betraying the court, Ma Teng did make some military achievements under Geng Bi's command. He was named a general by the court. He was already the lowest-level miscellaneous general. It was in the fourth year of Zhongping. It can be seen that Ma Teng's official starting point is quite high.

In history, Liu Bei was still a county lieutenant at that time, and Cao Cao had not yet become a captain. Sun Jian had just regained the prefect of Changsha.

Even in this life, Li Su had made so many cheats for Liu Bei, by the end of the fourth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei was just a county magistrate, far from being a miscellaneous general of two thousand stones.

Unfortunately, Ma Teng just became a general, and in a flash, he encountered Geng Bi's greedy backfire and betrayed by Li Shen, the prefect of Longxi, in the battle, which led to Geng Bi's betrayal by the rebels. Because his retreat was cut off, Ma Teng had to follow the thief, but he also agreed to follow the thief to ensure that the Wuwei County he occupied at that time could be autonomous. Wang Guo and Han Sui also agreed to such conditions, so Ma Teng was considered a member of the rebels.

From this perspective, Ma Teng's status in the rebels was definitely not as good as Han Suigao before they returned to the court, and Han Sui was the top leader of the rebels in Liangzhou.

But because of this, after Li Jue and Guo Si took control of the court last year and repelled Liu Bei, in order to appease the local area, he re-issued Han Sui. When Ma Teng was in charge, he gave Ma Teng a higher official position than Han Sui.

After all, those who have a high status in the rebels will not recognize it when they come to the government army. Instead, the government army needs to give high positions to those who have no obvious deeds.

To put it bluntly, when Li Jue was appointed as General Ma Teng in the Western Expedition, it was August 192. At that time, Liu Bei had not yet "responsible for King Hanzhong". Even if he took a few days later, Li Jue did not know that he was not aware of Liu Bei or a "General of the Western Expedition", he directly gave the title of General "General of the Western Expedition". This was nothing, who made Liu Bei and Li Jue officially break up with each other at that time.

This means that although Han Sui verbally calls Ma Teng Ma, his official rank is actually not as good as the other party (Zhenxi Bixi Xixi), and there is inevitably a gap in his heart.

In terms of age and actual territory, Han Sui is already in his fifties this year. Ma Teng is only in his forties. Han Sui is five or six years old. Han Sui is in charge of the three counties of Tianshui, Longxi and Jincheng; Ma Teng is in charge of the two counties of Wuwei and Zhangye, plus a Xiping County nominally obeying Ma Teng, but actually has the Qiang Barbarian Kings autonomously.

The territory of the two looks similar, and Han Sui has a larger population.

As for the two western counties, Jiuquan, among the "Four Hexi Counties" in the name of the Han Dynasty, Dunhuang, it is basically in anarchy.

Ma Teng bordered those areas, but did not establish a rule at all. The local Han and Qiang each had their own land autonomous. The Western Region Changshi Mansion, which went westward to Dunhuang County, actually gave up the Han Dynasty's rule before Emperor Ling died.

...

After drinking for three rounds, Han Sui took the initiative to mention something: "Brother Shoucheng, although you and I were enthroned by Chang'an last year, it was just the kindness of the emperor, not the favor of Li Jue or Guo Si. Later, Dong Yue and Fan Chou took the rebellion and were killed by Liu Bei. He heard that the guards of Youfufeng were young and strong, and the total loss of 50,000 to 60,000 people was lost. The military power controlled by the Chang'an army suddenly decreased by 20,000 or 30%.

In my opinion, Liu Bei is the one who saves the country. Do you agree? It’s a pity that when Dong Yue was killed, it was late autumn and early winter last year. Even if we gathered troops, we could not send troops before the cold winter. So we gave up now that the autumn season is high and fat. Is it because I kill the thief to clear the emperor?”

This kind of words must be said after drinking, because once the other party does not agree, it can also be said that "drinking nonsense should not be serious if you drink too much." If you don't drink and talk directly, it will be difficult to step down without a retreat.

Of course Ma Teng had this in his heart, otherwise he would not have come today. Moreover, the battle with Li Jue in history was Ma Teng's first move, so Han Sui went to watch and picked up the cheap.

Of course, this does not mean that Ma Teng is so loyal to the court. If he really succeeds, even if he doesn't want to hold the emperor, at least he wants to take the opportunity to seek credit for a great official position and reward. Perhaps it will be similar to Duan Wei, Yang Feng, Han Xian, and Dong Cheng in history.

At this moment, Ma Teng pretended to use the alcohol to slap the table and said, "I want to eliminate the thieves and help the king for a long time! I regret that I have not received any response from other righteous men. Since Wenyou brother has this intention, it is best for you and I to go with you and I to make an appointment with the King of Hanzhong. The King of Hanzhong is full of soldiers and food, and should be the main force, and we can support us."

Of course, Ma Teng also hopes to make more contributions and reduce casualties and try his best to preserve his strength.

Han Sui smiled: "My brother is really brave to think about it. What's wrong with me? I have always hoped that Liu Bei will also send troops to the northern expedition this year. We will join forces to support us. However, Liu Bei suffered heavy casualties last year. I heard that although he killed Dong Yue, in order to delay Dong Yue, he had a lot of damage along the way. I thought Liu Bei was unable to leave the north within a few years.

But we are lucky. Two days ago, I suddenly heard some news from our army near Chencang that was sending back, saying that Zhang Ji was seizing his troops to guard against dangerous passes in the Qinling Mountains. They were afraid that Liu Bei would take advantage of the autumn harvest season to repair the plank road and harass him and harvest grain on the spot.

And I also saw that the Southern Xiongnu Huchuquan cavalry, which had been stationed in the south of Xiabian and Dazhong area for several years, have recently been restrained and disappeared. Maybe Liu Bei wanted to mobilize these Southern Xiongnu people to a big battle. Last year, he only saw the Huchuquan cavalry transferred away in the battle when Fan Chou was intercepted. It seems that Liu Bei really wants to take action. I also invited you to drink after I got the news."

Of course, Han Sui didn't know that Zhang Ji's recent actions were done by Jia Xu. The reason why Han Sui could find out about the detailed work was that Zhang Ji was ordered to make a big fuss and kept it confidential.

The abnormal movement of Huchuquan was not instructed by Li Su. It can even be said that it had nothing to do with Li Su. Li Su was fighting a tax reform in Chengdu at this time, and he had no idea about the situation on the Northern Line.

Therefore, it was Lu Su on the south side of the Qinling Mountains who received the information mobilized by Zhang Ji and discussed it with Fa Zheng, and cooperated with the pressure, thinking that if he could mobilize the enemy.

Of course, Han Sui's IQ is far inferior to Jia Xu, and far inferior to Lu Su and Fa Zheng. Therefore, when Jia Xu and Lu Su competed with each other, the opposite leader may not believe it. The third-party bystanders next to him believed it and it is not accurate to say it, because Jia Xu came forward to trick Han Sui, but Lu Su was not. :(/

After listening to Han Sui's retelling, Ma Teng was quite excited: "It turns out that Brother Wen Yue has had good news, so he asked me to discuss major events. Since that's the case, what are the doubts? Let's calculate the harvesting solar term and advance to Youfufeng and Anding County together!"

Han Sui pretended to be righteous and said, "Even so, this advance is still not easy. Zhang Jizhu guarded Chen Cang and divided his troops to block the passes in Weinan. Our army advanced along the Wei River Valley of Longshan Mountain and Wei River, and would still hit Chen Cang City and fall into a hard battle. Five years ago, Liu Bei, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo worked together to defeat our army around Chen Cang. Will you forget it? We suffered a lot of losses in that battle."

Han Sui's words were actually not right, because the main loss at that time was Han Sui himself, Ma Teng was on the northern line and did not actively participate in that battle. All the direct troops were retained. Even Ma Teng relied on that battle to narrow the gap in strength with Han Sui, and became the two of them each controlled the three counties.

However, since everyone is a superficial brother, Ma Teng still verbally regrets Han Sui's losses that year: "It is indeed not easy to advance along the Wei River Valley and encounter Chen Cang with a large army to defend."

Han Sui narrowed his eyes and pretended to be very burdened and said, "Since that's the case, I will take this difficult road. Who told me to be my brother? It's hard for me to chew hard bones. I led tens of thousands of soldiers from Tianshui Longxi to cross Longshan along the Weishui River Valley, attacking Chen Cang, and attracting Zhang Ji and Jia Xu's main force.

You can cross Longshan from Jieting, enter the Guanzhong Plain, sweep across Anding County, and then go south to take You Fufeng east of Ji County. If your fool can surround Zhang Ji for a long time, Jia Xu will be in Chencang, and you can also wait for an opportunity to take Chang'an directly. This great achievement will be given to you."

Ma Teng was a little surprised: How could Han Sui be so kind to me? It was not because of the information that he had wrong. He wanted me to go deep into the army to explore the truth and reality first? Although it is indeed difficult to capture Chang'an. If he goes deep into the army too deep, he will be attacked by Li Jue and Guo Si, but our Wuwei army is mostly cavalry. If he only goes deep into the cavalry... he tentatively robs wealth, money and food and leaves. Li Jue and Guo Si will never chase him to Longshan and cut off the road back to Jieting, right?

This deal seems to be possible...

"Since that's the case, I'll ask my brother to attack from the headquarters. I'll go to Chencang and leave Longshan, and I'll go to Jieting and leave Longshan."

Ma Teng didn't think much about it, and made a decision at the wine table in the meal.

That afternoon, Ma Teng took Ma Chao back to Zuli County in Wuwei at night, and asked the Kuaima Messenger to Guzang with a secret letter from the talisman seal, and asked his generals to lead the troops to Zuli to meet. There was no need to bring more military rations, just bring all the cavalry.

Ma Teng gathered 20,000 soldiers. Although they could not be considered all cavalry, at least everyone could ride a horse.

There is a huge gap in the quality requirements of war horses and pack horses. Even if the warlords of Xiliang have to find 20,000 war horses that can charge by relying on the three counties alone. However, it is still barely feasible to find a horse that can ride on the road.

After a few days of repair and reorganization, on the third day of August, Ma Teng's troops set out from Zuli and arrived at Longshan on the border of Wuwei County, Liangzhou and Anding County, Yongzhou on the tenth day of August.

I heard that Han Sui's troops had also made all preparations from Ji County, the capital of Tianshui County, and began to pass Linwei County and continued to march along the Weishui River Valley towards Chencang. Han Sui's troops had a low proportion of cavalry, but the number was large.
Chapter completed!