Zhao Bao finally chose to obey.

The Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, filial piety is a concept deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, compared to loyalty, there will be more people who are filial, especially people like Zhao Bao who are loyal to the monarch but not necessarily loyal to others, it is not very difficult to choose.

Isn't this also the case for Xu Shu, who was in Cao Ying's heart in Han in history?

But Cheng Yun was interesting enough, and he didn't plan to let Zhao Bao go against Zhu, but just asked Zhao Bao some questions, and when he heard that Fan Qiu gave the city to Zhu and caused Gai Xun to be captured, he still couldn't help but scold, or Cheng Yu stopped him and asked him to focus on the overall situation first, and first consider solving the matter of the Zhuma coalition.

Looking at Ma Dai, who was sluggish and speechless, Cheng Yun snorted, "Let people go to Ma Teng to negotiate, Ma Dai will change Gai Xun, and ask him if he can be the master of replacing him." ”

Xun You groaned, "Actually, it's not very profitable for us to exchange it like this, we can only say stop loss, if Ma Dai is in our hands, Ma Teng may be a rat bogey, and we may be able to use this to divide the Zhuma coalition army." ”

Cheng Yun waved his hand and rejected their proposal, "Although Gai Xun is not our person, he is loyal and patriotic, and he is a talent like General Huangfu, if he is allowed to imprison or even kill him, it will have a great impact on the loyal ministers, which is a situation that I do not allow." Furthermore, we just asked if it was okay, if it was just Ma Dai for Gai Xun, I don't think it would be a loss, if Zhu Shishi opened his mouth and said that he would change the two of Weihao, then I'm sorry, I did the thing, but if you don't cooperate, the loyal ministers of the world will not be disappointed, and they will be even more disgusted with Zhu, why not? ”

Li Ru nodded, "It's okay, that's it." But what is a lion? ”

Cheng Yun was a little embarrassed and diverted the topic, "Li Le's soldiers and horses will let Yu Banle go in and lead the trial first, and when they return to Luoyang, they will choose one of the two of them as an infantry captain." ”

But he said that Xiliang.

Han Sui and Ma Teng were originally divided between the north and the south, Han Sui occupied Jincheng County, Longxi County, Hanyang County and Wudu County, Ma Teng occupied Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Wuwei County and Zhangye County, relatively speaking, Ma Teng had more advantages, after Zhu came, Liangzhou could only rule Anding County and Beidi County, which was the least powerful Liangzhou princes.

But Ma Teng responded to Yuan Shao and others' plans, but there was a huge problem, Ma Teng took away all his cronies, and even took the main forces of the Qiang people to attack first, Baimaqiang, and Haoduoqiang, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled and neutral Qiang to guard the territory, in Ma Teng's eyes, Cheng Yun, who has a three-way common threat, will definitely not be able to resist his army from the west, so he didn't even make any preparations to return to Xiliang, and directly planned to occupy Sili and not come back.

But I didn't expect that the soldiers left by Huangfu Song to Zhang Wen Gaixun were so strong that they stuck him in the land of Sanfu for three years, and in these three years, Han Sui joined forces vertically and horizontally, subdued many Qiang tribes, united Zhang Lu to the south, removed the entire tribe of Baima Qiang to the west, and was eager to try to the north, ready to take Wuwei.

Taking advantage of the third year of Guangxi, Ma Teng and Zhu sent troops to the east again, Han Sui took many generals and strategists under his command to go directly north to Wuwei County, and fought with the first Lingqiang, the number Duoqiang and the tribes that depended on them, and directly beat the most powerful Xian Lingqiang to the northwest Zhangye County to flee, the news reached Ma Teng's ears, but it was when Ma Teng and Cheng Yun were facing off near Chang'an, and they couldn't spare their hands to solve him.

Han Sui was even more unscrupulous, and continued to march north with his soldiers, preparing to take the whole county of Wuwei County, and divided a large army, with his son-in-law Yan as the main general, and the strategist Cheng Gongying as the military advisor

, with a total of 30,000 troops from the coalition of Wolf Qiang and Huangyangqiang, went to Anding County and fought to take Anding County.

As soon as the news came out, the Zhuma coalition army was shocked, and King Wu Ke and others, who Ma Teng couldn't suppress, became more and more irritable, and strongly demanded to return to Xiliang first to solve the matter of Han Sui.

Zhu was also very worried, how could he easily retreat after finally taking Huaili, one of the three assistants? But what if you don't retreat? The family is gone, and the people can't get the support of the people after winning Sanfu, so I really don't know what to do.

Hu Wuban was in a hurry, "Since we and Ma Shoucheng can unite in the crusade against Cheng Yun, then we can try to unite in more aspects, now Ma Teng's own army has suffered heavy losses, and the leader of the Qiang people under his command will not be able to suppress it, we will unite deeply with him, and we will definitely get his consent, so that we can get stuck in Huaili and let him take his command to solve the problem of stability, after all, stability is the only place for him to return to Wuwei." ”

Zhu's eyes lit up, "Ji You's words are really old-fashioned, I think it is very suitable for the current situation, and I also ask Ji You to go and talk to Ma Shoucheng about this matter." ”

Hu Wuban nodded and received the order, but Ma Teng was meeting Cheng Yun's envoy at this time, discussing the matter of replacing Ma Dai with Gai Xun.

Of course Ma Teng is willing, Ma Dai is his clan, and Gai Xun is not his prisoner, no matter how you say this, this exchange will not be a loss, but he is willing to have a fart, Gai Xun is not in his hands, almost let him directly pull the messenger out and cut it down.

Fortunately, the envoy deeply understood the intentions of Cheng Yun and the others, and hurriedly told Ma Teng that he should discuss with Zhu that it didn't matter if he died, and in case Ma Dai died, there would be no room for return.

When Ma Teng heard this reasoning, he frowned, "Then what should I do to mention this matter to Zhu Gongwei?" ”

Coincidentally, at this time, news came from his subordinates, saying that Hu Wuban asked to see him, although Ma Teng didn't know what he was going to do, but he felt that he would definitely be able to get out of Hu Wuban's mouth, so he hurriedly greeted him in person, took him to his private account, and had a cordial conversation.

Hu Wuban was a little puzzled that he didn't go to the big tent but went to his private account to rest to meet him, but he didn't ask, just greeted him first, and then mentioned the matter of Xiliang.

After all, the two counties of Anding and Beidi are under Zhu's control, and their own information is a little outdated, I didn't expect Han Sui to be so excessive, the two of them shared the same hatred, and scolded Han Sui bloody, and then Ma Teng was stunned, "What does Ji You mean when he came to tell me about this?" Is it what you mean, or what Zhu Liangzhou means? ”

Hu Wuban coughed, "Our foundation is in Liangzhou, and we can't let Han Wenyue destroy it at will, otherwise even if we take Sanfu, what will we rely on to take the entire territory of Sili?" Therefore, the meaning of the lord is to reach a deeper cooperation with you, we will be prosperous and lossy, and then persuade you to go back to solve the Korean covenant, integrate the whole territory of Liangzhou, and then we will use Huaili as the pedal together, and take down Sanfu and even Sili. ”

Ma Teng pondered, this condition is not a bad thing for him, in-depth cooperation, it will become a cooperative relationship between him and King Wu Ke, he and Zhu are both Han Chinese, and King Wu Ke are in-laws, but King Wu Ke and Zhu Ba can't fight, such cooperation, it must be based on him, but why would Zhu give such a good condition to himself? Although his losses in this battle are not small, he still has the ability to protect himself, so that he will not want to cling to himself?

But he thought of letting himself go back to deal with Han Sui, Han Sui and Zhu supposedly didn't have any major intersections, why did they suddenly think of getting rid of Han Sui, it was difficult

While Han Sui is fighting Wuwei, he is also fighting stability to the east?

Thinking of this, Ma Teng must have laughed in his heart, "Since Gongwei is so upright, it would be shameless to shirk it, and I definitely can't do such a thing." But I can't leave now, how can I leave the clan that I treat as my own son and go back to Xiliang by myself? ”

Hu Wuban didn't know about Ma Dai's capture, so he inquired about it, and he also groaned, it seemed to make sense, this was a constraint, if it was himself, I am afraid he would not abandon such an excellent clan and withdraw directly.

Ma Teng beat the snake with the stick and made a suggestion, "I heard that Gongwei took Huaili and captured Huaili guard Gai Yuangu alive?" I think that as Gai Yuangu, I will definitely be able to change to my clan, so that I can go back to Liangzhou to deal with Han Sui's affairs with confidence, and I also hope that Ji You will help me find out Gongwei's tone, whether I can owe him a personal favor and ask Gai Yuangu to exchange for my clan. ”

Zhu can't make up his mind about how to deal with Gai Xun, after all, Gai Xun is a famous man in Liangzhou, and killing him will affect his image in the eyes of Liangzhou people, but if you want to say surrender, what can you do to seduce people? Threatening his son and wife? That's unspeakable, people will die, Gai Xun is in his fifties, his parents are dead, no one can force him to be filial, then there is no way.

What the? You say put? How can he say that he will be released, and if he has no name, what will the brothers who arrested him think?

When Hu Wuban heard this request, he exhaled secretly, patted his chest directly and agreed, "Gai Yuangu, no problem, I'll press him over immediately and hand it over to the general, and I hope that the general can deal with the matter of Han Wenyue as soon as possible." ”

Of course, Ma Teng agreed, since the information from Liangzhou came from Hu Wuban, he couldn't sit still, Han Sui's grudge with himself must be greater than the grudge with Zhu, and now even Zhu is worried about Han Sui's problem, I'm afraid that he will be almost cleaned up by him, and if he doesn't go home, it's gone!

Sent Hu Wuban out, hurried to the big tent and Cheng Yun's envoy to discuss the exchange of Ma Dai, the envoy was stunned, and quickly nodded, the task was really full of twists and turns, but fortunately, everyone was happy in the end.

Zhu soon asked Hu Wuban to take Gai Xun to Ma Teng's camp, and Cheng Yun's envoy also went back to restore his life, Cheng Yun didn't expect Ma Teng to do things so well, I heard the messenger say that Ma Teng went out for a while, and thought that Zhu must have said something to Ma Teng, but because of the lag in information, it was difficult to guess that there was a big problem with Xiliang.

There is nothing to say about the exchange, the two armies are replaced in formation, no one dares to let go of the cold arrow, Gai Xun saw Cheng Yun's old tears, "The criminal lost Huaili, and please ask the hussars to punish the crime!" ”

How can Cheng Yun cure his crimes, and it will not be his turn to punish crimes, Gai Xun is Jing Zhaoyin, a civilian, under the jurisdiction of Zhang Wen, the captain of the Si Li, and his hussar general and the captain of the Si Li are equal, but here in the army, you can order the army of the Si Li Captain's department, so he still sent Gai Xun Gong back to Chang'an.

The next day, the scouts came with the news that Ma Teng's army had withdrawn from the camp and retreated westward, Cheng Yun was at a loss, and he slipped away after changing people? What is this operation? Liu Ye took the news just now and smiled, "Han Wenyue is powerful, Xiliang is going to make a fuss, Zhu Gongwei actually dares to stay in Huaili and not leave, then he is going to be finished!" ”