"Damn it, I fell for him!" Ma Teng listened to Liu He's words, and immediately cursed, but he had no choice now, after all, no matter what, Liu He was indeed helping him, although this method was not to send troops directly, but the final result was indeed able to prevent his foundation from being swallowed up by Han Sui. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A few days later, Liu He submitted a table to the imperial court, showing that Ma Teng, the original Yongzhou Thorn History, was the captain of the Sili School, and Zhong Xuan was the head of the Sili School, and Zhao Yan was the Sima of the Sili School Captain's Mansion, and Ma Chao was the general of Jianzhong.

When the news came, many officials congratulated Ma Teng, but Ma Teng smiled bitterly in his heart, because although his position as the captain of the school seemed to have great power, in fact, he had already been secretly deprived of all power by Liu He, and it was just a vain name, and the real power of the school captain's mansion was in the hands of Changshi Zhong Xuan and Sima Zhao Yan.

"I obviously didn't get anything, just a fictitious position, but in the eyes of outsiders, the scenery is infinite, and the real beneficiary Liu He has gained more fame because he took the initiative to give up the position of lieutenant of the division and the army, and the people of the government and the opposition all praised him for not admiring fame and power, and he was simply praised as a model, and even the Son of Heaven promoted his title to the Marquis of Wuxiang, which is simply a big joke in the world." Looking at Liu He, who had infinite scenery, Ma Teng's heart was full of bitterness, and he secretly shook his head and sighed.

However, Ma Teng couldn't say anything, so he could only pretend to be happy and accept the congratulations of the officials.

Next, Liu He acted as a mediator between Ma Teng and Han Sui, Liu He asked Han Sui to immediately lead the army to retreat, return all the land occupied by Ma Chao, and take the initiative to assume the responsibility of the war, compensating Ma Chao for 10,000 horses, 1 million grains, 3,000 catties of gold, and 10,000 silks.

Everyone, including Han Sui, knew that the reason why Liu He opened his mouth so loudly was nothing more than to provoke Han Sui, so that Han Sui could not agree to the conditions he proposed, and Han Sui really could not agree to his conditions, otherwise, Han Sui would definitely not be able to gain a foothold in front of the world, so Han Sui naturally rejected Liu He's conditions, and ordered to intensify the attack on Chen Cang.

Seeing that Han Sui refused to agree, Liu He immediately announced that Han Sui wantonly created war, undermined peace, and harmed the interests of the people as an excuse, and led the army to send troops to Han Sui's Anding and Beidi two counties.

Liu He's dispatch of troops this time can be described as lightning fast, just announced the crusade against Han Sui, immediately early the next morning, led the army that had already gathered in Zuo Fengyi, and directly captured Han Sui's Quail and Yinpan counties with lightning speed, directly threatening the stable governance of Linjing.

On the other hand, the 10,000 Han troops and 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers under the command of Wei Yan, who had arrived on time, also took the opportunity to launch a powerful offensive, and captured Lingzhou and Fuping County, the first county in the north, in a short period of time.

As soon as Han Sui heard this situation, he immediately realized Liu He's intentions, in fact, from the beginning Liu He's "mediation", Han Sui knew that Liu He did not have any good intentions, so he ordered Yang Qiu to quietly take precautions, but even so, Yang Qiu was still invincible, so that An Ding fell into the encirclement of Liu He's 50,000 army.

Han Sui knew that stability is just like its name, playing a role in stabilizing the overall situation of his entire Liangzhou stability, once the stability is lost, Liu He will lead his army to attack Wuwei County, and once Wuwei is captured, he and the four counties of Hexi will completely lose contact, then in this way, he will only have Jincheng, Hanyang and Longxi three counties left, and the land of these three counties looks very large, but Hanyang County has just encountered the war, and now there is almost no combat power, and a considerable part of Longxi County is inhabited by Qiang people, and his influence among the Qiang people is not as good as Ma Teng's father and son, once the war really starts, they can not make trouble from the rear, he will burn high incense. They can't be expected to help at all, so once Anding and Wuwei are captured, then Han Sui will actually only have the strength of Jincheng County left, and trying to deal with Liu He and Ma Chao's alliance with this strength is no different from sending him to death.

"This damn Liu He, the army has made rapid progress all the way, it is simply invincible, it can be seen that he has been planning for a long time, but it's a pity that I, Han Sui, have fallen for the thief's plan, and it's too late to say anything now."

"My lord, I persuaded you not to turn against Ma Teng, with the current situation in Guanzhong, only if you and Ma Teng sincerely unite and work together to fight, it is possible to ensure that you will not fail, and now you are the first to fall out with each other, so I am afraid that the great cause will not be guaranteed, for today's plan, we can only join hands again to fight against Liu He together, and ensure that my Liangzhou foundation is not lost."

Cheng Gongying saw Han Sui sighing, and hurriedly stepped forward and said.

However, Han Sui sighed: "Gongying, I understand everything you said, but judging from the current situation, even if I am willing to abandon all hatred, is Ma Chao willing to cooperate with me?" He now has a chance to carve up my territory, and his father Ma Teng is still in Chang'an as a hostage, no matter from which point of view, Ma Chao will never cooperate with us. ”

"This ......" Cheng Gongying also sighed deeply when he heard this, now that the matter is over, Ma Chao is afraid that he is really unwilling to cooperate with himself, even if he sees through Liu He's true face and wants to cooperate with himself, it is estimated that he will never be at this time.

"Is this all we have to do?" Cheng Gongying was silent for a long time, then pondered silently, and after a while, he said decisively: "Now, we have only one way, that is, to stabilize and try to hold off Liu He's army, and at the same time send people to forcibly recruit troops and levy taxes in the rear, as long as we can hold out for half a year, it is estimated that the situation will improve." ”

"But in this way, we have to face the rebellion of the people, if Liu He still will not retreat after half a year, then we will face the attack of Liu He's army and the rebellious people at the same time, and at that time, we may die faster."

Han Sui shook his head at first, and then thought that this was the only way he had at present, otherwise he might not be able to support it for even half a year, and at that time, his benevolence would only lead to more population and taxes under Liu He's command, which would not be of any benefit to him.

So Han Sui finally gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!" If we don't do this, I'm afraid we don't even have a chance of winning, do it, at least there is a glimmer of hope, I believe that after half a year, Liu He will incur the jealousy of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's big warlords, at that time, we and those big warlords cooperate with each other to deal with Liu He, and the ownership of this pass is really unknown. ”