Jincheng County, Han Sui's Taishou Mansion.

"Lord, Ma Teng is here with his people!" Cheng Gongying hurriedly came in and said to Han Sui.

"What?" When Han Sui heard this, he frowned and stood up and said, "How many people did he bring?" ”

"There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" Cheng Gongying said with a serious face.

"Ma Shoucheng is crazy!" Han Sui's face became ugly, he didn't think that Han Sui came here with so many soldiers and horses for sightseeing, so he walked out: "Go and see!" What kind of seal is this Ma Shoucheng sending? ”

Although I thought about annexing Ma Teng, but now the two sides are evenly matched, and several sons of the Ma family are very powerful, when Ma Chao was twelve years old, he had a conflict with Yan Xing, although he was almost killed by Yan Xing, but Yan Xing was not comfortable at that time, you know, Yan Xing was eighteen years old at that time, and now Ma Chao is an adult, a big gun swept through Zhuqiang, and he has a lot of prestige among the Qiang people, in addition, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Ma Teng's son Ma Dai are not as brave as Ma Chao, but they are all fierce generals who can fight well, if it is not necessary, Han Sui really didn't want to start a war with Ma Teng at this time.

Soon, Han Sui led the generals to the city, and saw Ma Chao shouting under the city with his men and horses.

"Ma Chaoxian's nephew, what does this mean?" Han Sui took a deep breath and made his face as kind as possible.

"Phew, old thief, don't kiss me!" Ma Chao pointed his gun at Han Sui and said: "I have long known that you are not a good person, and I don't want to swallow the tribute of the Western Regions alone, my father came to strangle you, a rebellious thief, on the orders of the imperial court!" ”

A tribute to the Western Regions? Court?

Han Sui was stunned at first, then reacted, his face turned white in an instant, and from the perspective of others, it seemed that Ma Teng was here to find fault, but he knew that this was Chang'an's shot!

It's just that he can't figure it out, why is Ye Zhao looking for the Ma family instead of himself? As long as Ye Zhao is willing, he can offer Xiliang to Chang'an like the Ma family!

Tribute to the Western Regions......

Han Sui looked at Ma Chao and suddenly understood, did Ye Zhao want him to swallow it before and spit it it out, along with himself? Moreover, there is not even a single soldier to move! Ma Teng is a brave and reckless man, and he can't see the power of this clearly, but Han Sui is known as the Yellow River Jiuqu, and there are a lot of twists and turns in his heart, and he has seen through the other party's plan at a glance, so vicious.

"Virtuous nephew, there are some things that you won't understand, please ask Brother Shoucheng to come out and speak, there are some things I want to tell him." Han Sui looked at Ma Chaodao.

Since Ye Zhao wants to kill them all, then don't blame him for fighting back, it's a big deal to escape to the Western Regions and occupy a country to establish himself as a king, although it is not as prosperous as the Han Dynasty, and there is no lot of oil and water now, but at least it will not be calculated by Ye Zhao.

"Want to see my dad? All right! With an uninhibited smile on his handsome face, Ma Chao pointed a gun at Han Sui and said, "Win me!" ”

"Ma Mengqi! You're so rampant! Although Han Sui was angry, he still endured it, but his son-in-law Yan Xing on the side suddenly became angry, grabbed a bow and arrow and shot at Ma Chao.

Yan Xing's bow is a three-stone bow, not the kind made by the Shengong Battalion, this kind of bow requires a great pull, and the range is long enough, Yan Xing opened the bow, and the arrow cluster broke out of the air, instantly crossed the void of a hundred steps, and went straight to the door of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao had already prepared, snorted, raised his head, and the arrow cluster slashed over his face, and then restarted, and said with a smile: "That's right?" General Ben is here today to kill you, if you don't fight back, then it really makes no sense! ”

"Nephew, you ......"

"Father-in-law, why talk nonsense with him, this little beast can't listen to good words at all, let's defeat him first!" Han Sui wanted to say something, but Yan Xing on the side interrupted.

There was no need for Han Sui to say anything, Ma Chao had already begun to wave his troops to attack the city, up and down the city wall, and after the arrows of both sides briefly converged in the air, they were shot at the opposing camp.

There are not many defenders in Jincheng, and Ma Chao came relatively suddenly, for a while, Han Sui was pressed and beaten by Ma Chao, and could only defend passively, Yan Xing had already ordered someone to light the beacon fire, and they only needed to hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

Han Sui felt wrong, Ma Teng was more than that, the previous conversation with Ma Chao made Han Sui basically sure that Ma Teng was not in the army, since he was about to tear his face, where is Ma Teng now, if the soldiers and horses he arranged in various parties were intercepted and killed by Ma Teng, then he would win in the end, how much money would be left of this family?

And there is another point, even if he is defenseless against Ma Teng, but so many soldiers and horses come over, and the two counties along the way are blind? If you want to say that it was breached, how could a few people escape to report it?

However, these problems, Han Sui can no longer care about it, now if you don't light the beacon fire, this golden city will be 3,000 people, Ma Chao is attacking like a tiger, there are no reinforcements, Han Sui really doesn't know if he can hold it, in the end, Han Sui decided, or save his life first, as for the rest, I can only talk about it later, the city is gone, you can plan again, and you can recruit again if the soldiers are gone, but if your life is gone, it will be all over.

Fortunately, this year, following Ye Zhao to drink soup, he really earned a lot of property, many of these possessions were used by him to equip the army, since there is no way to expand the army, then work the army's equipment, although there are only three thousand soldiers and horses left in Jincheng, but leather armor, inner armor, new weapons, fully armed, plus the city to rely on, although the horse is fierce, but it is difficult to break for a while.

Ma Chao did not participate in the siege, but led a team of cavalry to command the war around, this time he came prepared, and Han Sui was careless, he didn't think that Ma Teng would turn against him at this time, even if he wanted to turn against him, it should be himself, so that Ma Chao brought soldiers and horses to the city before he noticed.

Looking at the battlefield from ten miles away, countless people rushed to the city like ants from all directions, and the shouts of killing could still be heard even after ten miles away.

The flames continued to light up, more and more beacon flames were ignited, and the entire Golden City looked like a whirlpool.

And on the hill ten miles away, a small wave of people stood here, Li Ru held a piece of wine, looked at the battlefield, and took a sip of wine from time to time, as if admiring his masterpiece.

Since Ye Zhao sent his troops, Li Ru had already begun to plan Xiliang, Han Sui and Ma Teng, only one of them could survive, and the losses must be heavy enough, so as to achieve the effect expected by Ye Zhao, whether Han Sui or Ma Teng, if they bring too many troops to Ye Zhao, it will be an army with insufficient control.

Now Ye Zhao is leading the troops to go out on the expedition, whether it is Xu Rong or Guan Yu, although he can command the army, all the troops are under Ye Zhao's command, Ye Zhao's orders have absolute authority, and when the generals and Ye Zhao's orders are contrary, the army will not hesitate to lean towards Ye Zhao's side.

This is also the reason why after the Xiliang army of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Duan Xuan and others was surrendered, these soldiers and horses would be sent to the battlefield after training in the Kunming Chi camp.

Ye Zhao did not allow soldiers and horses under his command that were not under Ye Zhao's control, so the Ma family army or the Han family army were never allowed to exist, under Ye Zhao's rule, if there must be a private army, it could only be the Ye family army.

Therefore, Li Ru said that Ma Teng was moved.

In fact, between Ma Teng and Han Sui, which one to choose, Li Ru also hesitated, although Han Sui likes to pit his teammates, but Ye Zhao has no intention of reusing him, now Ye Zhao has a lot of talents, and the younger generation of talents has begun to emerge, Han Sui has the ability, but with the power under Ye Zhao's command now, there are too many people who can replace him.

The reason why he finally chose Ma Teng, Li Ru really considered a lot of things, first of all, Han Sui intercepted a large number of resources in the Western Regions without Ma Teng, as long as this matter is exposed, the innate hatred is there, on the contrary, if Han Sui has any thoughts, he can share a part of the benefits to Ma Teng, and he can instantly save this friendship and continue to be good brothers.

Second, compared to Han Sui, who has a big lump in his stomach, most of the Ma family's brain muscles are super long developed, and it is easier to convince, and this is exactly the case, after Li Ru found out that Han Sui was hiding from Ma Teng's stomach and using the business provided by Ye Zhao to make profits for himself, and then helped Ma Teng analyze the possible future development direction of Han Sui, Ma Teng finally chose to defect to Ye Zhao at the instigation of Ma Chao.

Of course, the premise is to kill Han Sui first.

Li Ru said that Ma Teng was a good fool, let him fight with Han Sui, most of the two of them are Qiang, and the two of them are merged, which can also weaken the power of the Qiang to a certain extent, and there will be many fewer obstacles to naturalizing the Qiang in the future.

Finally, when Li Ru inspected the two sides, he found that although Han Sui's soldiers and horses did not increase, their armaments were at least one grade higher than Ma Teng's.

Starting from Ma Teng's side, there was no such concern, Li Ru spent a lot of thought, first subdued Han Sui's two county orders, cut off Han Sui's ears and eyes, and then Ma Teng, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu and Ma Teng's general Pang De each led a group of soldiers and horses to attack several important towns under Han Sui, and Ma Chao led an army to directly attack Jincheng.

If Ma Teng comes, he may be fooled by Han Sui, but Ma Chao is impossible, not that Ma Chao is smarter than Ma Teng, but according to intelligence, Ma Chao has no good impression of Han Sui at all, and it can even be said that he is disgusted.

"Sir, when are we going to do it?" Gu Cheng stood beside Li Ru, looked at the war-torn Jincheng, bowed down and asked.

"Don't worry, your task is to kill Han Sui when necessary, this person must not be left behind, and the rest will be handed over to Ma Teng's people to deal with." Li Ru thought for a while and said, "In addition, notify General Fang Yue to come over and take over Xiliang, there may be some problems, and the army needs to be suppressed!" ”

"Whoa!"