No. 451 The situation in Liangzhou at the beginning of the third year of Jian'an
At the beginning, according to Jin Jue's suggestion, Liangzhou was divided into three parts, the four counties of Hexi plus Jincheng County belonged to Han Sui, and Beidi County and Anding County were divided by three other small warlords in Liangzhou, and although Ma Teng got Sanfu, it was also a Sanfu that was almost tossed by Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Li Xu, Guo Yan and others.
The only ones in Ma Teng's hands that are still complete are Hanyang County, where the Liangzhou Governance Office is located, and Longxi County, which only controls a few counties.
In Longxi County in Ma Teng's hands, all the warlords in Liangzhou knew what was going on.
I have to say that including Han Sui, an old fox, they all secretly admire Ma Teng's very young nephew Ma Dai in their hearts, not Ma Chao, who is excellent in martial arts.
In fact, in the real history of the Three Kingdoms, the first general of Liangzhou was not Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao or Pang De, but Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing.
It is recorded in "Wei Luo" that in Liangzhou, Yan Xing was famous when he was young, otherwise, how could Han Sui recruit him as his son-in-law. Later, when Han Sui and Ma Teng had a bad relationship and a war between them, Yan Xing tried to stab Ma Chao with a spear, but at that time, the spear in Yan Xing's hand was broken, and then, he actually hit Ma Chao's neck with a broken spear.
In that battle, if Yan Xing's weapon hadn't broken, Ma Chao would have almost been killed by him.
It can be seen that in terms of personal martial arts alone, Yan Xing is much stronger than Ma Chao.
Ma Dai can make Han Sui, an old Jianghu, admire at a young age, because after Jin Jue left, in addition to the grain and cloth in the city, he almost gave up all the beards and tails of Caohan City to Ma Dai, and in the treasury of the city, there was a wealth accumulated by Song Jian for many years after independence, with countless gold, silver and other precious jewelry.
Naturally, Jin Jue's army couldn't do it without committing a crime, because the sources of soldiers in Jin Jue's army at that time were chaotic and complicated, and Jin Jue didn't have the energy and time to check every soldier who hid his secrets. However, most of the wealth left by Song Jian was voluntarily given up by Jin Jue, which made Ma Dai feel unbelievable when he saw it.
Later, after Ma Teng learned of this, he specially sent Ma Chao to lead his direct troops to Caohan City to personally escort these treasures.
In that battle, Ma Teng not only lost a lot of wealth, but also lost a lot of elite soldiers in his hands.
In fact, this news was not spread by others, but by Jin Jue himself.
At that time, Jin Juejun escorted a large amount of grain on the road.
If it was just food, it would not be coveted by the Qiang people at all. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the Qiang people took advantage of the rebellion of Han Sui and others to occupy most of the counties in Longxi County, the Qiang tribes in the county had changed their way of life and became a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural tribe. It is very likely that these large and small tribes have more grain than Song Jian.
For this reason, before Jin Jue's army walked out of Caohan City, Jin Jue had already sent someone to secretly contact the respected tribal leaders of the local Qiang people, and asked them to send trustworthy Qiang people into Jin Jue's army to investigate every grain and grass.
Jin Jue did a very frank job, not only won the friendship of the Qiang people, but also relieved the suspicion in the other party's heart, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
And the third 'gain', naturally, is that after that, the Qiang people have decided that Ma Teng will definitely send troops to be responsible for transporting away the large wealth accumulated by Song Jian, even from beginning to end, Jin Jue has never mentioned this matter.
It is said that under the circumstances at that time, Ma Teng asked anyone else to serve as the Taishou of Longxi County, and they would not hesitate to put the seat of Longxi County in Caohan City.
Because at that time, almost all the subordinate counties under the jurisdiction of the entire Longxi County had been occupied by the Qiang people.
Except for Caohan County in Song Jian's hands, therefore, all the Han people in Longxi County, except for those who have died, or fled to Hanzhong County or Shu County alive, the rest are all gathered in Caohan County.
However, after Ma Dai was tricked by Jin Jue once, he did not get angry with the other party, but carefully thought about why Jin Jue did not let go of Caohan City, which could clearly be said to live comfortably, and must take a great risk to escort the grain back to Luoyang County.
Even so, the three counties in Hanyang County and Fufeng County, Luoyang County, Long County, and Chencang County, were either occupied by Jin Jue or attacked by the old yellow turban from Julu County.
Up to now, Fufeng County Taishou Ma Xiu has not been able to seize Chencang County, a place that is very important for Yizhou and Guanzhong.
Compared with the youngest son Ma Tie and the eldest son Ma Chao, the middle son Ma Xiu does not have the martial arts of Ma Chao, but he is not as impulsive as Ma Tie and acts very calmly, but even so, what Ma Xiu encountered this time was the old yellow turban of Julu County who had hardly stopped fighting since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were the core soldiers under the three Zhang Jiao brothers.
Since Ma Teng's troops were de facto unsuccessful in attacking Longxian and Luoyang counties, his prestige in Sanfu and the entire Liangzhou had fallen to the extreme. At this time, Ma Teng and Han Sui were still brothers, and they were able to maintain a semblance of peace for the time being. The three small warlords of Beidi County and Anding County are different, they will not always be willing to nest in the two worst counties in Liangzhou at present.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, under the leadership of Hengshi Huai, the Xianbei people successively occupied the hometown of the Huns in the early Western Han Dynasty, and naturally included the Hetao area, which was a place of ointment for the nomads.
Therefore, in the northern areas of Beidi County and Anding County, which are closest to the Hetao region in Liangzhou, several counties have also been encroached upon by the Xianbei people. Therefore, Zhang Heng and the other three have joined forces in secret, keeping an eye on Ma Tengjun's every move.
Ma Xiuton's army was under the small city of Chencang Ancient City, and that was just a small problem.
No matter how stupid Ma Teng is, at this time, he also knows one thing very well, that is, if Jin Jue suddenly sends troops to Guanzhong or attacks directly at this time, Zhang Heng will not hesitate to immediately raise troops and stab Ma Teng from behind.
Yang Fu may not be able to see that there are so many hidden worries in Ma Teng's army now. At that time, he thought that as long as Ma Tengken sent troops, he would definitely eliminate the threat of the two counties and three warlords quickly.
In fact, it is true, with Ma Teng's current military strength, it is not difficult to clean up Zhang Heng and the other three.
However, Yang Fu missed one thing - Yongzhou assassinated Han Sui.
Before, Ma Teng was able to go back on his word and suddenly send troops to attack Luoyang County, so, in the eyes of outsiders, such a person who went back on his word, once he sent troops to eliminate Zhang Heng and others, would he take advantage of the situation to deal with himself?