Chapter Seventy-Six: Han Sui's Death
"Father, do you really believe in him?" After Li Ru said goodbye and left, Ma Chao finally couldn't bear it.
"Faith!" Ma Teng nodded and said, "Even if he has evil intentions, it should be you and me who are calculating, not Tie'er!" ”
Ma Chao was silent when he heard this, indeed, if Li Ru really wants to calculate the Ma family, Ma Teng is now the head of the Ma family, one of the two major forces in Xiliang, Ma Chao is Ma Teng's heir, if he really wants to do anything to the Ma family, Li Ru should kill Ma Teng and Ma Chao, not Ma Tie, who is not strong enough prestige.
It's just that when I think of Yan Xing and this relationship, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.
"This matter ends here, if you want revenge, go to Han Sui." Ma Teng said in a deep voice.
"Father, is it true that Li Ru said that Han Sui would not die and would wait for an opportunity to escape?" Ma Chao looked at Ma Tengdao.
He always felt that this was unlikely, Han Sui now had no less troops than them, and he was well-equipped, so he didn't have the strength to fight, and if he was going to run away at this time, he might not have a chance to come back in this life.
"I have been friends with that Han Sui for 20 years, and I already knew each other when he was still with that side of Zhang, this person is known as the Yellow River Jiuqu, as Li Ru said, knowing that he will be defeated, taking the opportunity to get out at this time is indeed like his style." Ma Teng nodded, but there was a chill in his heart.
Li Ru and Han Sui didn't know each other, but they had Han Sui's mind so clearly, and this terrifying ability to perceive people's hearts alone made Ma Teng's heart chill.
"Defeated?" Ma Chao looked at Han Sui in amazement, now the two sides are evenly matched, Han Sui is defending, and he still occupies the advantage of the city, if you really calculate it, Han Sui is still taking advantage, and it is too absolute to say that he will lose at this moment.
"It's not just us standing across from him, since the lord has begun to control Xiliang, how can he be tolerated?" Ma Teng shook his head and sighed.
If the two sides cooperate, they can still resist Ye Zhao's invasion, but now that the two sides are turning against each other, it would be tantamount to an idiot's dream if either side wants to face Ye Zhao alone.
Ma Chao was silent when he heard this, although he hadn't seen Ye Zhao yet, but the pressure from Chang'an was indeed too heavy, when they and Han Sui joined forces before, Ma Chao had experienced this feeling, and now with Ye Zhao destroying the Huns and merging the state, Ma Chao can naturally experience that embattled feeling.
"Just act according to Li Ru's plan, you go to ambush, as for whether you can take revenge, it depends on your ability, I will lead the army to continue to attack the city!" Ma Teng patted Ma Chao's shoulder and said.
"Whoa!" Ma Chao's eyes were cold, and he nodded fiercely and said, Anyway, the main enemies of Ma Tie's death are Han Sui and Yan Xing, Yan Xing is dead, then the next is Han Sui.
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"You can't defend it in the elm!" Han Sui looked at the map, and finally shook his head, and said to Cheng Gongying: "Now that Yang Qiu and Zhang Heng have voted for Captain Ye, if they continue to defend Yuzhong, firstly, the grain and grass will be unsustainable, and secondly, if we wait for the soldiers and horses of Chang'an to arrive, we will not be able to escape." ”
Cheng Gongying nodded approvingly, he agreed with Han Sui's opinion, Yuzhong really can't be guarded for a long time, hesitated, looked at Han Sui and said, "The lord really wants to go to the Western Regions?" Our army has been exploiting the countries of the Western Regions for the past year, and I am afraid that the countries of the Western Regions have already hated us to the bone, and if we throw ourselves into the Western Regions at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain a foothold. ”
"How can I not know, it's just that Gongying still doesn't know about the Western Regions, although there are many countries in the Western Regions, but most of them are small countries with one or two cities, such small countries, there are only a few hundred soldiers, and we are exploited, what can they do? But the Western Regions are also a bit big, such as Kangju, Wusun, and Dawan in the Infinite West, all of which are big countries with populations of hundreds of thousands or even millions. Han Sui smiled and said: "The three holes of the cunning rabbit, how can I not leave a way back?" ”
Cheng Gongying's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he frowned and said: "But as far as I know, this place is thousands of miles away from the Western Regions, and I will wait for these many horses......"
Now there are more than 8,000 people in the city, and if you go far away to the Western Regions, food and grass alone will be a big problem.
"Therefore, people cannot take everything with them, as long as two or three hundred elites bring gold and silver and property." Han Sui sighed, he had actually prepared enough supplies for him to take at least 5,000 people out of the Western Regions, but as soon as the Golden City was broken, those belongings, grains and grass were naturally no longer owned by him, so at this moment, he could only choose this method of breaking the wrist of a strong man.
is still the same sentence, as long as people live, they can be recruited again if they are gone, and they can fight again when the territory is gone, as long as people are alive, no matter where they are, Han Sui believes that he has the ability to make a comeback.
Cheng Gongying gasped, it was not easy to make this decision, two or three hundred people, all the way to the Western Regions, he didn't know where Wusun and Dawan were, but it was definitely not close, it was definitely not more than a thousand miles, if he really wanted to go, in this life, I am afraid that he will not be able to come back.
"If this is the case, I am willing to lead the defenders of the city to lure the enemy and delay time for the lord." Cheng Gongying took a deep breath and bowed to Han Sui.
"Won't you go with me?" Han Sui frowned slightly and looked at Cheng Gongyingdao.
"The lord forgives his sins, but his homeland is difficult to leave, if he really goes to the Western Regions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to the Central Plains in this life, and his subordinates are not young...... May the Lord judge after that! Cheng Gongying bowed and said.
Not everyone can be like Han Sui for their own ambitions and make the world their home.
"It's okay, everyone has their own ambitions, so I won't force it." Han Sui nodded silently, suddenly looked behind Cheng Gongying, and frowned, "Who let you in!?" ”
Cheng Gongying almost subconsciously turned his head to look, but saw that there was no one behind him, his heart sank, and at the corner of his eyes, a cold light lit up, and when he turned his head, the cold sword had pierced into his chest.
"Lord, are you ......" Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui in amazement, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"This is a long way to go to the Western Regions, in order to avoid others blocking it, this matter must not be revealed, since the homeland is difficult to leave, you will stay here forever!" Han Sui snorted coldly, and in Cheng Gongying's painful expression, he shook the hilt of the sword fiercely.
"Uh...... Ah~" Cheng Gongying screamed, stared at his unwilling gaze, and fell to the sky.
"Boom~" The door was slammed open, and two of Han Sui's guards rushed in with people, looking at Cheng Gongying who fell to the ground with a stunned expression.
"Cheng Gongying intended to assassinate, but I have beheaded him, and dragged the body out for me!" Han Sui carefully wiped the sword and said indifferently.
Several guards looked at each other in amazement, then saluted Han Sui, dragged Cheng Gongying's body and walked out.
Since he had decided to leave, that night, Han Sui divided the 8,000 people in the city into ten battalions, and each battalion went out of the city and fled in different directions, while Han Sui quietly took 300 guards and pulled the baggage, grain, grass and property in the city out of the north gate and went all the way to Zhangye.
The movement here naturally attracted the attention of the Ma family's father and son, and they sent troops to stop it overnight, but after intercepting and killing four teams in a row, Ma Teng and Ma Chao both noticed that something was wrong.
broke four teams in a row, but the information obtained was completely different, some went to Guzang, some went to the Northern Xiongnu, and some went to the Xianbei royal court, but none of them found any trace of Han Sui.
Han Sui used the only remaining 8,000 soldiers in the city to successfully turn the Ma family's father and son around, and he took his cronies with a large amount of property all the way to Zhangye.
Just left Yuzhong and bypassed Zhiyang all the way, after Lingju, Han Sui saw that there were no soldiers and horses to chase, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and the trip slowed down.
"Where are you going, my lord?" After walking for three days in a row, the more they went further and further, everyone in the army couldn't help whispering.
"Who knows?" A personal guard commander shook his head, where Han Sui was going, how would he know?
"It seems to be the way to Zhangye." A guard said in a low voice: "The lord is not going to be out of Zhangye, right?" ”
"What are you doing out of Zhangye?" Several of the approaching guards were puzzled.
"Of course, it is far away from the Western Regions, and now Hetao, Bingzhou, and Guanzhong are all under the control of Taiwei, and Xiliang looks almost the same, although the world is big, but there are really not many places where the lord can go, I think it is very likely to go to the Western Regions."
"How far is the Western Regions?"
"I don't know, but it's not less than a thousand miles from here to Zhangye, and I'm afraid it's even farther out of the Western Regions."
"Can we come back then?"
"Who knows."
The crowd fell silent, and that night, Han set up camp in a valley, and after arranging a night patrol, he went to bed early.
A group of guards in the camp quietly gathered together.
"Commander, I don't want to go!" One of the guards suddenly looked at the commander.
"Why is that?"
"My family is in Queyin, but let me follow my lord to the Western Regions, I don't know if I can come back in this life, my girl just gave birth to a son, if I can't come back in this life, my woman doesn't know which one will be cheaper? I'm going back. ”
"Why don't you ask your lord for your resignation?" The Commander of the Guards frowned and said, "We have been with the Lord for so many years, and the Lord Guild is considerate, and maybe he will give you some property." ”
"Forget it." Hearing this, the guards sneered: "General Cheng Gongying has been with the lord for many years, and he has always been loyal to the lord, but what is the result?" Haven't you been killed yet? I think General Gongying, like us, is also unwilling to leave, so he was brutally murdered by the lord. ”
"Didn't the lord say ......"
"Do you believe that?" The guard pouted disdainfully and said: "General Cheng Gongying is a smart man, if he really has evil intentions, he won't be there, we are all outside, if he really dares to do it, even if he succeeds, he won't be able to live, I have been a personal guard for the lord for so long, and I have fulfilled my benevolence and righteousness, and Lao Tzu has to live for himself now." ”
The commander of the guards frowned and didn't speak, in fact, he didn't want to leave.
"How about we divide the goods?" One of the guards suddenly suggested.
Hearing this, the eyes of several other people lit up, and they were a little ready to move, and the commander of the personal guard frowned and said, "This ...... Not good. ”
"What's wrong, we've sold our lives for him for so many years, what about taking some possessions?"
"If the Lord ......"
"It's better to do one and keep ......"
Everyone suddenly fell into an eerie silence, gathered together and whispered for a long time, as if an agreement had been reached, and the expression of the commander of the personal guards became hideous, and he took several personal guards, together, towards Han Sui's big tent.
The slightest cold wind poured into the tent as the tent opened, and the sleeping Han Sui shrank back, not noticing that there were a few more figures in front of his couch.
The commander of the guards slowly pulled out his sword, and looked at Han Sui silently, but he didn't make a move, after all, he was a person who had been loyal for many years, and he suddenly wanted to draw his sword at this moment, and he was somewhat resistant in his heart.
"Big brother, do it!" One of the guards whispered, "Why don't you do it together?" ”
"Good!"
Several guards raised their weapons at the same time, looked at the sleeping Han Sui, gritted their teeth, and then slashed at each other, the severe pain made Han Sui in his sleep suddenly open his eyes and look at his own guards in amazement.
"Kill!" The commander of the personal guard looked at Han Sui and felt a little guilty, but he had reached this point, how could he retreat, and immediately slashed at Han Sui with a frenzied knife.
Han Sui couldn't have imagined that he was a warlord on the Xiliang side, known as the Yellow River Jiuqu, a lifelong teammate, but in the end, he was chopped up by a group of his subordinates, and he was also one of the princes, or a famous man in Xiliang, who would have thought that he would die in such a place in the end?