Chapter Eighty-Three: The World Game
Summer turns to autumn, and the wars that take place in the Central Plains cannot hinder the change of seasons. Yanbei's dispatch of troops south to meet Cao Yuan can be described as shocking the world, while Han Sui's dispatch of troops to the east shook the world. Compared with Yanbei, the most powerful person in the world, Han Sui can be said to be the most powerless person in the world in a sense.
To this day, most of the princes with a slightly lower status in the past were defeated one by one, some died unexpectedly, some surrendered to others, and some were recruited by Yanbei to become officials, and they still stubbornly stood in the distance to watch the disputes in the world, leaving only a few small princes in Xizhou, among these princes, Han Sui's influence was undoubtedly the most powerful. The Yan clan's southward march would only deter his enemies, but Han Sui's army out of Longguan would be able to deter the world.
It is better to watch a well-targeted cheetah chase down an enemy than to endure aimless but swarms of ants...... What's more, Han Sui is not an ant, he is a veritable hungry wolf in Xizhou, a hungry wolf who commands hundreds of thousands of hungry, poor, savage, and fierce Liangzhou soldiers!
The first to suffer were the two counties of Hanyang and Anding in Liangzhou. Han Sui sent troops from Jincheng, followed the state and county to kill the state pastor Wei Kang who went out of the city to persuade him to surrender, even if the subordinate general Zhang Heng was defeated by Zhao Yun's vanguard, but the army attached to the ants was still terrifying, Zhao Yun took the opportunity to save most of the people in the county and fled into Longxian, and then half of Hanyang was lost. Anding County is similar, although he has trained Chen Qun in Anding Taishou for a few years in the north of Yan, he can only hold the integrity of a scholar to hold on to the city.
Chen Qun was courageous, and pulled the county soldiers to the foot of Fengyi Mountain to open a formation to meet the Liangzhou soldiers, and after three days of fighting, Liang Xing attacked and broke the flank camp and was defeated; Then he led the army to Gaoping, the place where he had previously sheltered the people of the countryside in the county, and abandoned most of the cities in the county like Zhao Yun.
So far, in addition to the two counties in Liangzhou, half of the counties have fallen into the hands of Han Sui. All this was expected by Han Sui, before the battle began, he knew that Zhao Yun and Chen Qun would hold the city, and he even gave an order to the subordinate generals who were close to him to allow time for the two to transfer the people to hold the city. Because from the beginning, Han Sui's purpose was not them, nor was it to kill the people of Liangzhou...... He is for Sanfu and Sizhou.
In order to change the existing pattern of the world, take advantage of the chaos so that Liangzhou can also jump onto the chessboard of the world's game.
"Brother Shoucheng, have you heard about Han Wen's appointment to send troops eastward?"
Previously, the news of Cao Yuan's alliance reached the north, and Yanbei was not too shocked and overwhelmed, and even had a feeling that the world was under control. Forming a coalition army, sooner or later, even if Cao Cao does not join this war, Yanbei will send troops to Yanzhou and Yuzhou after Yuan Shao has cleaned up, and they are in a cold relationship. And attacking Yuan Shaotian and Cao Cao is not too much of a problem for Yanbei, it is nothing more than concentrating all the forces that can be mobilized to meet the enemy...... It's just that Han Sui from Liangzhou jumped out and came too early.
This was the emptiest moment for the Yan clan's strength, and it was tricky enough for Captain Si Li to pull Cao Cao's abdomen and back, and he might not be able to spare the strength to deal with Han Sui again. Therefore, Yanbei thought of Ma Teng, who was still in Handan.
Ma Teng has a reputation for loyalty and honesty in Liangzhou, which is like a joke to the princes in Xizhou, but it is precisely because of this that Yanbei is even more reassured.
"Back to the king, I have heard of it below." Witnessing Yecheng's eradication of dissidents and extermination of the Huns in the blink of an eye, and facing this King Zhao who was more than ten years younger than him again, Ma Teng felt apprehensive in his heart. On the one hand, he hoped that he could be released from Zhao and return to freedom, but on the other hand, he was worried that Yanbei would choose to get rid of himself at this time. After all, princes, for those in power, the dead princes are the safest. Ma Teng didn't dare to say that he had heard about it, and he didn't dare to say that he hadn't heard of it at all, so he just thought about it and said: "Wen Yue sent troops to the east, and Zhao and Chen Erfujun led the troops to block it, and they were very loyal and brave. ”
"Not only that, Zilong attacked and killed Zhang Heng, and was trapped by Han Wenyue's army, so he had to collect troops into Longxian; Changwen was defeated on the flank by Liang Xing at Fengyi Mountain and retreated to Gaoping to garrison. Now in the land of Liangzhou, there are all surnames Han! Yan Bei said frankly about the situation that the Yan clan needed to face in Liangzhou now, and asked Ma Teng: "Brother Shou Cheng, who can stop Han Sui today?" ”
Ma Teng raised his eyes and glanced at Yan Bei, thinking that this person was sick, right? Except for you Yan Zhongqing, who else in the world can stop Han Sui, not to mention that they are leading troops to fight you. But he couldn't say that, so he had to pretend to think deeply for a moment, and patted a few pairs of Yanbei Dao: "Si Li's lieutenant Fu Gonghe, I heard that he is the king's right-hand man, and there are 100,000 Baibo Black Mountain soldiers under his command, and he also leads Hu Cai, Li Le and other good generals, guarding the place where Longguan must pass, and he can block the text about Sanfu. ”
"Although there are many generals and soldiers, but the army is in the east to guard against Cao Cao, it is difficult to transfer troops to the west, and Han Sui Liangzhou tiger wolf, now that Longguan has been broken, its three auxiliary grain and grass seem to be like a tiger with wings, and it is difficult for the public to stop Han Sui!"
Yan Bei shook his head, what he said may not be sincere, but there is some truth in the end. Ma Teng didn't know whether it was true or not, frowning and breaking out a cold sweat for Yanbei in his heart, if it was really like Yanbei said, the main force was in Henan Yin, then once Han Sui's army was east and Cao Cao's soldiers and horses had not yet been defeated, this time would be enough for the two armies to attack together, and in a blink of an eye, the Yan clan would lose all the land south of the river. At that time, the already unstable foundation of Bingzhou will also become the way for Han and Cao to enter the army, and if the war is burned to Hebei, the Yan clan will be half defeated!
At this point, Ma Teng squeezed out a name from his mouth with an embarrassed face, but he didn't even believe what he said.
"General Du Liaojiang, with a lot of elite soldiers under his command, turned to fight in several states in the world, although there was a small defeat in the Xiongnu, but also in Yishui Trap White Horse, with its main attack Han Sui supplemented by the captain of the division, can block Han Sui in Tongguan."
Some people have fought all their lives, people know that he is powerful, but they don't know how powerful he is, and Lu Yi belongs to this kind of person; And there is another kind of person who has never fought a few decent battles in his life, but he has won a battle, which is enough to be praised for a lifetime.
Jiang Jin undoubtedly belongs to the second type. Yan Bei, who knew Jiang Jin's details, smiled when he heard Ma Teng say this, knowing that Ma Teng couldn't say anything good, so he waved his hand and said: "Jiang Duliao is also going to send troops into Yan, and Yan Mou will say it bluntly...... Yan thought that the world could block Han Sui for Yan, and only Shou became a brother! ”
Ma Teng's eyes widened, although he had many expectations in his heart, expecting that Yan Bei would say that he would send him to Guanzhong to fight Han Sui, but he never expected it to be like this, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "Why is this?" ”