Episode 223: Jincheng Fengyun
Jincheng is the important town of Liangzhou, and it is also the base camp of Han Sui, where he gathered 50,000 elite horsemen, and together with Ma Teng, became the two largest forces in Liangzhou.
The Taiping army took Chang'an, did not pursue Cao Cao, and turned their heads to Liangzhou, Jincheng, and immediately became the place where the West Liang wind and clouds gathered.
Early in the morning, at the gate of Jincheng, Han Sui led the troops to wait, and by his side, two strange generals were protecting his left and right, looking ahead.
"Zhang He, General Han, do you say, will Ma Teng really come as promised?" While waiting, he suddenly heard the military general on Han Sui's right open his mouth and asked.
Han Sui immediately replied respectfully: "General Gao Ran doesn't need to worry, my alliance with the Taiping Army is very secretive, and Ma Teng doesn't know about it, so he will definitely come." ”
Standing on Han Sui's side, it was the generals of the Taiping Army, Zhang He and Gao Lan, because of Chen Deng's tongue and lotus flowers, Han Sui finally decided to turn his back on Ma Teng and form an alliance with the Taiping Army after some consideration. After all, although Ma Teng and Cao Cao are strong, compared with the Taiping army that has occupied Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Yizhou, and Sizhou, the gap between them is still clear and distinct.
Although Han Sui and Ma Teng had eight friendships, Han Sui did not think that the insincere brotherly righteousness was more important than his own life!
The Taiping army swept the world, the battle of the boundary bridge, the princes' coalition army of more than 300,000, was almost completely defeated in one game, and the Taiping army's army, there are countless elite soldiers, not only Huang Zhong, who can fight with Lu Bu, who is known as the world's first general, Xiao Lan directly killed Lu Bu in a heads-up, invincible assets, it is really appalling.
Han Sui is different from Ma Teng, although he is ambitious, he does not want to risk his life to achieve any hegemony. Therefore, between Cao Cao and the Taiping Army, he chose the Taiping Army without much consideration, after all, the decisive battle in the world. No matter how you look at it, the Taiping Army has a better chance of winning!
Hearing Han Sui's affirmative answer, Zhang He and Gao Ran nodded silently, the task of their trip is very simple, that is, to ensure the safety of Han Sui's life, after all, after Ma Jianai General Fubo, has always been known for his military force, especially Ma Teng's son Ma Chao, although he is young. But he is very brave, if he is angry and Han Sui is killed, it will be a big bad form for the Taiping army.
It's just that although Zhang He Gaolan is confident in his own force, Han Sui is still a little worried in his heart, he knows Ma Chao's bravery. Even if the eight most powerful generals under him swarmed up, they might not be able to resist it. Therefore, he hesitated for a moment, but he couldn't help but say: "Two generals, I don't know if General Huang and their army have reached the designated position, Ma Teng's many elite soldiers and fierce generals should not be underestimated." ”
Zhang He said indifferently: "General Han, please rest assured. General Huang's deployment of troops has already been completed, and when the time comes, he only needs to act according to the plan to succeed, but. My military advisor once explained that Ma Teng seems vulgar and suspicious, and he must be careful in this operation and not show any flaws! ”
"Two generals, please rest assured, I will definitely not let Ma Teng notice anything unusual." Han Sui was surprised by the ability of the Taiping Army's military advisor, and his eyes showed a little helplessness, since he chose to betray the alliance with Ma Teng, how dare he break the cooperation with the Taiping Army again, otherwise, he would really be desperate at that time.
Time passed slowly in silence, and soon, in the dust and smoke in the distance, a large group of soldiers and horses gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes, however, it was not Ma Teng who led the troops, but Ma Teng's subordinate General Pang De!
But when he saw that Pang De rushed to the gate of the city with three thousand fine horsemen, he didn't get off his horse, so he went straight to Han Sui and clenched his fists and said: "General Han, Pang De is ordered by my lord to come to visit General Han first, please wait here for a while, and my lord will arrive later!" ”
Hearing this, Han Sui couldn't help but feel cold, when he and Ma Teng worked together, he had always been the leader, but as Ma Teng's strength grew and gradually surpassed him, his attitude towards him was constantly changing, and now he personally went out of the city to greet him, Ma Teng actually only sent one general to come, which made him not angry, thinking of this, he no longer felt guilty about the time of betraying the alliance with Ma Teng.
Taking a deep breath and calming down his surging thoughts, Han Sui immediately smiled and said, "General Pang has worked hard, it may take a while for Brother Shoucheng to come, why don't you go into the city and take a rest?" ”
"This?" Pang De was stunned when he heard this, although he knew that Han Sui did not dare to offend his lord, but he didn't expect Han Sui to be so knowledgeable, and immediately put back all the deterrent words prepared in advance, and said in his mouth: "General Han warmly invited, the last general should not shirk it, but my lord's army will come soon, so the last general is still waiting here." ”
"Yes." Han Sui couldn't help but curse in his heart that it was a pity, he wanted to trick Pang De into the city, and he could easily take it down when the time came, but he didn't expect that Pang De was not fooled.
In the end, Han Sui didn't dare to be too persecutive, for fear of arousing the other party's suspicions, so seeing that Pang De refused, he didn't deliberately invite, and only smiled at the moment: "Since that's the case, then I won't say anything." With that, he immediately led Pound to the side, but secretly sent people to surround Pound and all the three thousand elite horsemen under his command.
Although Pang De has a talent, he would not have thought that Han Sui, who had eight friends with Ma Teng, would actually design to frame him, so he also fell into Han Sui's calculations in a daze, and under Han Sui's hint, Liang Xing and others under his command immediately surrounded Pang De and distracted him.
In this way, after nearly half an hour, as far as the eye could see, but saw a large number of soldiers and horses appear in the distance again, compared to when Pang De came before, this time the movement was obviously much larger, Han Sui knew at a glance that it must be the arrival of the large army under Ma Teng, at that moment, he hurriedly glanced at his subordinates on the left and right, and glanced at each other with Zhang He and Gao Ran, before he calmed down and calmly waited for the arrival of Ma Teng's army.
Ma Teng's command is mostly cavalry, coming very fast, and it will not take long to get close, seeing that there are 70,000 or 80,000 people, although he is unwilling, but Han Sui has to admit that Ma Teng's strength is indeed far beyond him, if there is no help from the Taiping Army, with the 50,000 troops under his command, he is not Ma Teng's opponent at all.
"Brother Shoucheng! Don't come unharmed! However, although he was calculating in his heart, Han Sui still had a smile on his face.
Ma Teng also stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said loudly: "Brother Wenyue! You've been waiting here for a long time, brother, I'm really sorry to go! ”
Although the two of them have their own ghosts in their hearts and fight in private, they still look like brothers on the surface, and after some greetings, when they heard Han Sui smiled and asked: "Brother Shoucheng, have you really decided to form an alliance with Cao Cao to fight against the Taiping Army?" ”
"What? Brother Wenyue, you shouldn't regret it, right? Ma Teng couldn't help but say: "Isn't it our common decision to form an alliance with Cao Cao?" Besides, I also thought that although the Taiping Army had the potential to sweep the world, after all, it started at the end of the year, just like the original Yellow Turban Thief, no matter how strong it is now, it is not the opponent of the Han Dynasty after all, so it is our best choice to work with Cao Cao to exterminate the Taiping Thief, and I will never forget the grace of Brother Wen Yue to help him in the future! ”
"Really?" Han Sui replied undeniably, but his heart was full of sneers, what a grace to help each other, it is really a clear priority!
"Of course!" Ma Teng didn't seem to hear the dissatisfaction in Han Sui's words, and said with a smile: "I believe that Brother Wen Yue will definitely make the most correct choice." The implication is that if Han Sui refuses to agree to help him fight against the Taiping Army, then he will take this opportunity to annex Han Sui in one fell swoop.
"What Brother Shou Cheng said is extremely true." Han Sui smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go into the city and talk in detail, it is not a simple matter to fight against the Taiping Army, and we need to be cautious." After that, he took the lead and led Ma Teng into the city, Ma Teng only felt that he had already shocked Han Sui, and immediately followed towards the city.
The wide-open city gate, like the bloody mouth of a creeping giant beast, engulfs the desperation of life and death, and under the immersion of all of them, the brothers who have already changed their tone are about to be staged! (To be continued......)