Just as Han Zhan and others discussed sending people to the capital and scheming Li Jue, Guo Si and others, Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops had already surrounded Chang'an City. Facing the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops outside the city, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou gathered in the court to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Ji was cautious, so he spoke to Li Jue first: "General, Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers are in full swing. We need to stick to the city to avoid their edge. When their food and grass are gone, we are leading our troops to chase them and we will capture the two of them."

Before Li Jue could speak, Li Meng and Wang Fang walked out of the queue and said loudly: "General, the last general is willing to lead 10,000 elite troops out of the city to fight Ma Teng and Han Sui. He will definitely take the rank of them and be in front of the General's Hall."

"Mr. Wenhe." Li Jue knew that Jia Xu had made great contributions to entering Chang'an, so he humbly asked him for advice: "I wonder if we should fight or defend?"

When Jia Xu heard Li Jue ask him for advice, he quickly replied: "If you go out today, you will definitely suffer a defeat."

When Li Meng and Wang Fang heard Jia Xu say this, they were anxious. They shouted: "If we lose, we will be killed; if I win, we will also lose to me."

Seeing that the two of them were eager to fight, Li Jue and Guo Si seemed to agree to go out of the city to meet the enemy, they could only sigh and retreat back to the queue without saying anything.

Seeing that no one opposed the troops, Li Jue pulled out an arrow from the order box on the table and said loudly: "Li Meng, Wang Fang obeys!"

"I'm here!" When the two of them heard Li Jue calling him, they quickly agreed loudly.

"I will wait for you for 15,000 troops and go out of the city to fight Ma Teng and Han Sui."

Li Meng took a step forward and took the command arrow from Li Jue's hand. Then the two of them replied in unison: "Sir, please obey the order!"

The two left the palace. After only two incense sticks, a soldier rushed in with a panic expression. He reported to Li Jue: "Report to General, Li Meng, and Wang Fang, the two generals, went out of the city to fight Ma Teng and Han Sui, and as a result, a young general was very brave. He first picked General Wang Fang and captured General Li Meng alive. He was fighting under the city."

The soldiers' words made Li Jue sweat in a cold sweat. He looked around everyone and asked, "I don't know which general is willing to lead his troops to meet the enemy."

The generals present all knew that Li Meng and Wang Fang had good martial arts skills. They went out to face the enemy and only met for a few times. They were either captured or killed. They went out and only followed their footsteps. Therefore, everyone remained silent, as if they had not heard of Li Jue's question at all.

Of course, there are also people who can't hold back, such as Li Jie's nephew Li Bie. Seeing that no one was talking in the hall, he quickly walked out of the queue and bowed to Li Jie: "Uncle, my nephew is not talented, I am willing to lead troops to meet the enemy."

"No." As soon as he said, Li Jue refused. Li Jue still remembers that when he led his troops to attack Chang'an, Li Bing's defeat was not only damaged, but also almost killed his life. Therefore, he decisively rejected Li Bing's proposal and continued to ask: "Who is willing to lead troops to meet the enemy?"

After asking a few times, there was nothing in the hall. Seeing that everyone was unwilling to go to fight, Li Jue realized how stupid it was to reject Jia Xu's advice. He looked at Jia Xu with a side face and said in a hint: "Wenhe, it seems you are right. Ma Teng and Han Sui's morale are strong, and we can no longer stand it to avoid his edge."

Then, Li Jue stood up and said to the civil and military officials in the hall: "The general's order is closed to the four gates. If there is no general's order, who dares to fight without authorization, will definitely be executed without forgiveness!"

The generals standing in the hall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that they didn't have to go out of the city to fight, and quickly said in unison: "Abide by the general's orders."

When the Shizhong Ma Yu learned of Li Jue's defeat, he couldn't help but applaud. He quickly called his housekeeper and ordered: "Go and general Liu Fan of the Left Central Army, and advise the counselor Zhong Shao to invite him to the mansion. I have important matters to discuss with them!"

Hearing his master's orders, the housekeeper did not dare to neglect and hurriedly left his mansion and went to invite Liu Fan and Zhong Shao to visit.

Not long after, Liu Fan and Zhong Shao came to Ma Yu's mansion. After the ceremony, Liu Fan asked, "I wonder if Ma Shizhong sent someone to recruit me to come, what are you going to discuss with me?"

"Today, Li Meng and Wang Fang led their troops to fight." Ma Yu said proudly: "As a result, Wang Fang was killed by a young general under Ma Teng, and Li Meng was also captured alive. According to the soldiers on the city tower, Ma Teng had already killed Li Meng, and halted his level at the gate."

"Li Meng, Wang Fang's death was like breaking one of the arm of Li Guo and other thieves." When Zhong Shao heard this, he was overjoyed. He hurriedly said, "Ma Shizhong, don't know what we should do?"

Ma Yu looked at the two of them and sighed and said, "But we are all civil officials and we have no soldiers to mobilize them. Otherwise, as long as we take advantage of the night, kill the defenders of the Sancheng Gate, open the city gate to welcome the Xiliang army into the city, we can eliminate the thieves such as Li Guo."

When he learned that Ma Yu wanted to be an insider, Zhong Shao said cautiously: "Ma Shizhong, this matter is very important, you must consider it clearly. Once the matter is leaked, it will cause you and me to kill you."

"Yes, this matter needs to be discussed for a long time." Liu Fan, who was still a little excited after hearing Ma Yu's plan, became cautious: "I think we would secretly send someone to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui to discuss the time and method of breaking the city with them. Ma Shizhong, what do you think?"

"This is a good idea." Ma Yu nodded immediately in agreement with Liu Fan's proposal: "We will first write a letter to Ma Teng and Han Sui, and make an appointment with them as an insider. At the same time, we will find a way to bribe the city gate guards. When the time is right, we will immediately open the city gate and welcome the Xiliang army into the city."

"But," Zhong Shao said with some embarrassment: "Sending letters is a trivial matter, but the guards of each city gate are all the confidants of the thieves such as Li Guo. If you want to bribe them and let them open the city gate obediently, it is probably not an easy task."

"Money can make the devil push the mill," Ma Yu said coldly: "As long as we grasp the weaknesses of these guards and prescribe the right medicine, we will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort." After he finished speaking, when he saw Liu Fan, Zhong Shao and the other two had no opinions, and added, "For example, if you are lustful, we will give them beautiful singers; if you are greedy, we will give them more jewelry and jade; if you like power, we will make promises to them..." After listening to Ma Yu's plan, Liu Fan and Zhong Shao and both nodded, and then began to discuss how to write a letter to Ma Teng.

That night, a man in black, carrying a bag, quietly climbed down the wall along the ropes from a piece of uninhabited city wall, and then ran towards the camp of the Xiliang army.

As a result, he was captured by the soldiers of Fulu. Seeing the shaking knife in front of him, the messenger in black was frightened and shouted: "Don't kill me, I was sent by the city to General Ma and General Han."

Hearing that it was a letter delivery, the leader of the team quickly ordered his men to put away their weapons, blindfolded the man with a black cloth, and then took the man outside the tent of Ma Teng. Ma Teng, who was discussing matters with Han Sui and Ma, sneered when he heard his subordinates' report, said, "Take him in, I want to hear what kind of sweet words will thieves such as Li Guo say."

A moment later, the messenger tied with his hands behind his back came to Ma Teng's tent under the escort of two soldiers. Ma Teng was waiting for the man in black kneeling below and asked coldly: "Who is coming?"

The messenger quickly knelt down and replied in the direction of the sound, "I am a slave in the family of Ma Yu, the servant of the servant, who came to contact the general on the order of my master."

"If you want to fight, fight, and if you want to surrender, you want to surrender." Han Sui said impatiently when he heard this: "Where do we have the intention to talk to them about what we want to do?"

"Wen Yue should be anxious," Ma Teng raised his hand to stop Han Sui, and then ordered the soldiers to "unlock the black cloth that covered his eyes." After the soldiers loosened the messenger and unbuttoned the black cloth on their eyes, he continued to ask, "What do your master want to say to us?"

The messenger quickly took out a letter from his arms, stepped forward and placed it on Ma Teng's table, and said, "Two generals, this is the letter my master has given you. Please check it out."

Han Sui picked up the letter and opened it, and carefully browsed the contents on it. After reading the letter, he couldn't help but smile happily. He said to Ma Teng excitedly: "Shoucheng, good news, the minister Ma Yu, the left central general Liu Fan, and the counselor Zhong Shao, are preparing to make an appointment as an internal supporter, open the city gate for us and welcome the army into the city."

After saying this, Han Sui looked at the messenger with a softer look. He asked with a smile: "Brother, I wonder when will the master plan to open the city gate for us?"

"Reply to the general," the messenger couldn't recognize which one was Ma Teng and which one was Han Sui, so he could only call him vaguely and continued: "Li Guo and other thieves were worried that someone would be an insider in the city, so they opened the city gate to welcome the Xiliang army into the city. Therefore, the guards of the gates he arranged were all his confidants. My master needs to spend time to buy these guards. It is estimated that it will take about a month to open the city gate and welcome the two generals into the capital."

Ma Teng and Han Sui never dreamed that they were worried about how to break the city, and someone took the initiative to offer the city. They were overjoyed. Ma Teng ordered someone to reward the messenger and handed a temporary letter to the other party, and said, "This is my reply to your master. When you return to the city, be more careful and never be revealed."

"Thank you for your concern," the messenger hurriedly bowed to the two of them, and said at the same time: "The younger one will definitely bring the letter back to the city smoothly."

It was already three o'clock when the messenger returned to the city, but Ma Yu's study was still brightly lit. Liu Fan and Zhong Shao never left. Anyway, as if Zi was not sure where he was going today, there was no major event in the court before the new emperor was established, and whether he was in court was insignificant. So the two of them stayed in Ma Yu's study, waiting for the messenger to arrive together.

Ma Yu took the letter handed to him by the messenger, and after reading the above content, he handed it over to Liu Fan, Zhong Shao and the others to circulate it. At the same time, he said excitedly: "In the reply from two adults, Ma Shoucheng, we made an appointment with us on the third day of next month, let us open the Ximen so that he could lead the army into the city."

"The Ximen Guard?!" After reading the letter, Liu Fan frowned and thought: "No matter whether this person is Li Jue's confidant, he is also close friends with Li Jue's nephew Li Bei. It may not be easy to win him over."

Han Sui picked up the letter and opened it, and carefully browsed the contents on it. After reading the letter, he couldn't help but smile happily. He said to Ma Teng excitedly: "Shoucheng, good news, the minister Ma Yu, the left central general Liu Fan, and the counselor Zhong Shao, are preparing to make an appointment as an internal supporter, open the city gate for us and welcome the army into the city."

After saying this, Han Sui looked at the messenger with a softer look. He asked with a smile: "Brother, I wonder when will the master plan to open the city gate for us?"

"Reply to the general," the messenger couldn't recognize which one was Ma Teng and which one was Han Sui, so he could only call him vaguely and continued: "Li Guo and other thieves were worried that someone would be an insider in the city, so they opened the city gate to welcome the Xiliang army into the city. Therefore, the guards of the gates he arranged were all his confidants. My master needs to spend time to buy these guards. It is estimated that it will take about a month to open the city gate and welcome the two generals into the capital."

Ma Teng and Han Sui never dreamed that they were worried about how to break the city, and someone took the initiative to offer the city. They were overjoyed. Ma Teng ordered someone to reward the messenger and handed a temporary letter to the other party, and said, "This is my reply to your master. When you return to the city, be more careful and never be revealed."

"Thank you for your concern," the messenger hurriedly bowed to the two of them, and said at the same time: "The younger one will definitely bring the letter back to the city smoothly."

It was already three o'clock when the messenger returned to the city, but Ma Yu's study was still brightly lit. Liu Fan and Zhong Shao never left. Anyway, as if Zi was not sure where he was going today, there was no major event in the court before the new emperor was established, and whether he was in court was insignificant. So the two of them stayed in Ma Yu's study, waiting for the messenger to arrive together.

Ma Yu took the letter handed to him by the messenger, and after reading the above content, he handed it over to Liu Fan, Zhong Shao and the others to circulate it. At the same time, he said excitedly: "In the reply from two adults, Ma Shoucheng, we made an appointment with us on the third day of next month, let us open the Ximen so that he could lead the army into the city."

"The Ximen Guard?!" After reading the letter, Liu Fan frowned and thought: "No matter whether this person is Li Jue's confidant, he is also close friends with Li Jue's nephew Li Bei. It may not be easy to win him over."
Chapter completed!