If you go outside, you must first settle inside!

As a pastor of Liangzhou, Jia Xu must understand this truth. The sudden rise of troops in Xiqiang Cheriji will definitely have an impact on the current western expedition of the imperial court, but as long as it is dealt with properly, this western expedition of the imperial court may not end in failure. Jia Xu's troops are insufficient, and although Zhao Yun and Pang De are brave, they can only maintain a defensive position at the moment to ensure that the return route of the army to the west is not cut off.

It's not that Liangzhou has no soldiers available, Han Sui and Ma Teng have tens of thousands of elite soldiers in their hands, but Jia Xu doesn't dare to easily mobilize the soldiers and horses of these two people. The reason for Cheriji's dispatch of troops has not yet been investigated, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no one who wants to cooperate with the outside, and Jia Xu does not dare to move lightly before he is completely sure. This is also the main reason why he wrote a letter asking the court to cooperate in catching the "traitor". If the internal troubles are not eliminated, they will shrink back from the outside world, and they will have a lot of scruples.

Although Han Sui and Ma Teng were full of righteous indignation, shouting that they would send troops to assist the court in dealing with Cheriji, Jia Xu did not agree, but only said that the court would have countermeasures to appease Han Sui and Ma Teng.

"Wenhe, don't you believe me Ma Teng?" Privately, Ma Teng found Jia Xu to ask what was going on. Jia Xu shook his head when he heard this: "Shoucheng, I understand your intentions, and the saint knows it clearly, before I came to take office, the saint told me that Ma Teng is a credible person. But Shoucheng, don't you think Han Wenyue's performance is a little abnormal? ”

"Huh?" Ma Teng was stunned when he heard this, if Jia Xu didn't remind him, Ma Teng didn't feel anything, but when Jia Xu said this, when he thought of Han Sui's performance a few days ago, it was indeed a little different from usual. Han Sui in ordinary times has a lot of resistance to the imperial court decrees, even if he accepts the order, he will be discounted when it is implemented, when he is as active as he is now, he is ready to do his best to assist the imperial court to deal with Cherrigi.

Seeing Ma Teng's expression change, Jia Xu nodded slightly and said: "If something goes wrong, it must be a demon, right now the imperial court is conquering the Western Regions, according to the news, the army led by Zhang Liao and Dian Wei is now confronting the coalition forces of the Western Regions, and a decisive battle may break out in the near future. ”

"Wenhe, I know your worries, but I can't just let the Qiang people of Cheriji run rampant in Liangzhou. If you believe me, let me clean him up. ”

"Shoucheng, I believe in you, but you don't have to forget, our enemy is likely to be more than just Cherrigie."

"Are you worried about Han Sui?"

"Well, his performance is so abnormal that people have to worry. If you don't move, he won't dare to act rashly, but if you do, I'm worried that he will break out. We need time now, I have already asked the imperial court for help, as soon as the imperial court reinforcements arrive, I promise to let you lead your Ma family army to settle accounts with Cheriji. But now, we have to endure. ”

"Do you need me to send some soldiers and horses to follow your command?"

"No, your task is to keep an eye on Han Sui and don't let him make any changes before the imperial court reinforcements arrive. And you also have to be careful, Han Sui is not a good stubble, if he sees that he can't make a plan, it is very likely that he will have another plan. Now that Liangzhou belongs to you, you are the most threatening to him, you should be careful that he will deal with you first by surprise. ”

"Well, Wen He's reminded me to write it down, I'll go back and make arrangements, and you have to take care of yourself." Ma Teng nodded, took his leave, and left.

……

Ma Teng's sudden stop made Han Sui realize that something was wrong. There is only the wrong name, no wrong nickname, since it can be called the Yellow River Jiuqu, then Han Sui's heart and eyes are also a lot. Coupled with the weakness of being a thief, Ma Teng's reaction quickly made Han Sui think about whether his own mind had been seen through by Jia Xu.

For Jia Xu, the Liangzhou Mu who wanted to get rid of him quickly, Han Sui didn't dare to underestimate him at all. If things are as he thinks, then when the imperial reinforcements arrive, his chances of victory are almost equal to nothing. The Qiang people could not be trusted, and Han Sui did not think that when the imperial army arrived, Cheriji would fight to the death with the imperial court for his ally. Nine times out of ten, they will even betray themselves in order to ease the relationship with the imperial court.

There is no turning back from the bow! Now that it has begun, there is no way back. If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, since you Ma Teng is determined to stand with the imperial court, then don't blame me Han Sui for ignoring the brotherhood that he has been thinking about for many years. Just as Jia Xu reminded Ma Teng, Han Sui was ready to take advantage of the arrival of imperial reinforcements, and the first target was Ma Jiajun, who was a great threat to his Han army.

At this time, there were not many soldiers and horses left in Liangzhou by the imperial court, Zhao Yun and Pang De each had 3,000 soldiers and horses, and two months of conscription increased the number of soldiers and horses to 5,000, but even with these 10,000 soldiers and horses, it was still very difficult to deal with Cherrigi's 100,000 iron cavalry.

"Father-in-law, do you really want to do it?" Yan Xing asked Han Sui in a low voice. When he first heard that Han Sui was determined to attack Ma Teng, Yan Xing also suspected that he had heard it wrong, but seeing Han Sui's nod very affirmatively, Yan Xing believed that he had heard correctly.

Han Sui and Ma Teng are sworn brothers, before the imperial court entered Liangzhou, the two maintained the same attitude because of their common interests, but as the imperial court took root in Liangzhou, the differences between Han and Ma became more and more, and finally came to the day when they met each other.

It didn't matter to Yan Xing whether he dealt with Ma Teng or not. Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, Yan Xing is also very conceited about his martial arts, so Ma Teng, the son of Ma Teng, who is called the Heavenly General by the Qiang people, is naturally unconvinced for a long time. Although there have been discussions in the past, both of them have kept their hands, so naturally they can't have fun. Now it's okay, you can really separate a winner from Ma Chao and determine who is the first person in Liangzhou military general, Yan Xing also has some expectations for this.

Yan Xing and Han Sui had a grudge against killing their father, and it was precisely because of this feud that Yan Xing couldn't wait to let Han Sui's life be worse than death. Han Sui is very smart, and Yan Xing is not stupid. In order to win Han Sui's trust, Yan Xing did not hesitate to marry the daughter of the enemy to win the trust of the enemy. With Yan Xing's status at this time, it was not a problem to take Han Sui's life. He is Han Sui's son-in-law, and he has the opportunity to be alone with Han Sui, and with Yan Xing's martial arts, Han Sui is almost dead.

But Yan Xing didn't want such a simple revenge on Han Sui, he wanted to see Han Sui die in pain and despair, so that he could be worthy of the unjust souls of more than 100 members of the Yan family who were wiped out by Han Sui. Yan Xing knew Han Sui and knew that this was a person with great ambitions, and when he wanted to make the careerist desperate, it was when the careerist saw his ambitions shattered. Originally, Han Sui still had Cheng Gongying's think tank by his side, which might become an obstacle to Yan Xing's revenge, but he didn't want Han Sui to destroy the Great Wall and put Cheng Gongying in prison.

Yan Xing went to the prison to get rid of Cheng Gongying in the name of Han Sui before, and faked the scene to make Cheng Gongying commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine in disappointment, and Han Sui was preparing for the rebellion at that time, so he didn't ask much about Cheng Gongying's death, but just ordered Haosheng to be buried and didn't mention it again, but made Yan Xing's backhand useless.

Yan Xing saw Cheng Gongying buried in the soil with his own eyes, and most of the eight strong generals under Han Sui were horsemen, and at this time, only Yan Xing was the only one who could discuss major matters with Han Sui.

Han Sui and Ma Teng's strength is equal, if the two really fight in a dignified manner, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose. So in order to win, Han Sui had to take it by surprise and take the lead.

Although Ma Teng has been reminded by Jia Xu, the friendship with Han Sui for more than ten years does not mean that he can let go of it, Han Sui personally came to invite, Ma Teng naturally did not refuse, and took his eldest son Ma Chao to Han Sui's residence to drink that night.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Han Sui put down the wine glass, looked at Ma Teng and asked: "Brother Xian, now that the court is immoral, treat me lightly, Brother Fool is ready to teach the court some lessons, I wonder if Brother Xian is willing to help Brother Fool?" ”

Since the beginning of the banquet, Han Sui seemed to have opened the chatterbox, complaining to Ma Teng about the injustice of the court to him, but Ma Teng was bored and drunk, but he didn't pick up. Now hearing Han Sui suddenly ask, Ma Teng knew that he couldn't hide, so he put down his wine glass and looked at Han Sui and asked, "I wonder how my brother wants my younger brother to help?" ”

"Right now, Cheriji is attacking Zhangye and Jiuquan, Jia Wen and have no time to take care of him, and Brother Fool wants to make Liangzhou become the world of you and my brother."

"But brother, even if the imperial court doesn't have Liangzhou, still has the strength to deal with you and me? When the time comes, it will attract the revenge of the imperial court, and the brother is sure to keep Liangzhou? Brother, the Qiang people are not credible, you and I are both Han, why do you have to collude with outsiders to harm your own people? ”

“…… So, is the virtuous brother unwilling to be a brother anymore? Han Sui's tone turned cold.

"Brother, it's not that the younger brother is unwilling, but the path chosen by the elder brother is a dead end, and the younger brother bears hundreds of lives of the Ma family, so he can't take them to the elder brother's funeral."

"In that case, then you can do it yourself." Speaking of this, Han Sui raised his wine glass and fell to the ground, and immediately a knife and axe man rushed in and surrounded Ma Teng.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Ma Teng's face sank, and he secretly screamed in his heart.

"Without him, you and my brother have not been together for many days, and the foolish brother wants to invite the virtuous brother to stay here for a few more days." Han Sui smiled with a successful smile on his face, and said to Ma Teng slowly.

"Brother, but this is a road of no return, if you really go up, it will be difficult to turn back." Ma Teng persuaded bitterly.

"Brother Xian, don't blame the foolish brother for ignoring brotherhood, it's really that you don't know the times." After Han Sui said this, he didn't pay any attention to Ma Teng, got up and walked out, and let Ma Teng roar repeatedly.

According to Han Sui's plan, controlling Ma Teng, Ma Chao and his son is equivalent to controlling Ma Jiajun, and Han Sui still uses more than exterminates Ma Jiajun's strong combat power. With the help of Ma Teng's hand, let Ma Jiajun use it for his own use, so as to tie Ma Teng to his chariot, this is Han Sui's ultimate goal.

It's just that God didn't fulfill people's wishes, Ma Teng was taken down by Han Sui, but Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao was more vigilant than his own Laozi, and escaped from the ambush under the pretext of convenience after seeing the flaws. Although Yan Xing had already led people to chase after him, it was unclear whether he could recover it.

"Damn! Without further ado, Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu. ”

"The end will be."

"The two of you hurry back to the barracks and lead the troops to Wuwei, and be sure to wipe out Ma Teng's family."

"My lord, what if the Ma family resists?" Yang Qiu asked.

"Shoot or kill."

"The last will obey."

……

Ma Chao rode alone on the way back to Wuwei, this time he came to Guzang to ask for battle, Ma Teng did not bring many people and horses, unlike Han Sui who brought 10,000 people in one breath, and now he is stationed in Cangsong. This is also Ma Teng's trust, if he also brings a large group of people to come, Han Sui will not dare to act rashly. But now Ma Teng has become Han Sui's "guest", and it is far from enough for Ma Chao alone to save him from trouble, Ma Chao can only rush back to Wuwei first, and then make plans.

"Ma Chaoxiu is gone!" There was a shout from behind him, and Ma Chao took the time to look back, the chasing soldiers were coming, and it was Yan Xing who was leading the way. Ma Chao's horse is a BMW, but Yan Xing's horse is also not ordinary, Ma Chao saw that he couldn't get rid of Yan Xing, so he simply stopped at the horse to get a gun. Ma Chao is still very confident in his martial arts.

"Yanming, why are you chasing me?"

"Meng Qi, the wine is only halfway drunk, why did he quit halfway?"

"Oh, I think of some important things temporarily, and please don't blame Yanming."

"It's not to blame, it's not to blame, it's just that I also have something I want to ask Meng Qi to agree."

"I don't know what?"

"I want to ask Meng Qi to stay, I don't know if it's okay?"

"What if I refuse?"

"Then please don't blame Meng Qi." Yan Xing said and pointed his gun at Ma Chao. Seeing this, Ma Chao sneered, and also raised his gun and pointed it at a distance, "Since Yanming is interested, then I will naturally sacrifice my life to accompany me." ”

The two of them said politely, but when they moved, they didn't leave any affection. Ma Chao was careless, the title of General Tian made him arrogant, and he suffered a big loss because of this arrogance. Yan Xing's martial arts are not weak Ma Chao, and now that he has seized the opportunity, he is even more unforgiving.

Ma Chao saw that he couldn't win, and he couldn't help but be impetuous, and he was the most jealous of being impetuous, because it was easier for the opponent to seize the flaws. Ma Chao is like this, as soon as he was careless, he was stabbed in the center by Yan Xing's shot, although he was protected by a heart shield and did not let Yan Xing's iron spear pass through his body, but the severe pain was still stimulating, Ma Chao roared angrily, regardless of the iron spear swept and flew Yan Xing's helmet.

"Ah~" Ma Chao saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately fought for his life, forced Yan Xing back, and immediately turned his horse and left. He had to go, and now that he was injured, Yan Xing only needed to delay time to win. Thinking of this, Ma Chao ignored the pain on his body, turned around and threw the gun in his hand. Yan Xing, who was about to urge the horse to chase, hurriedly raised his gun to block, but he didn't want Ma Chao's target this time was not him Yan Xing, but the BMW under his crotch. And because of this delay, Ma Chao, who was lying on the back of the horse and desperately escaping, ran away.

"It's a pity." Yan Xing muttered to himself, turned over and dismounted to check the injury of his beloved horse, and the personal soldier next to him saw this and asked, "General, are we still chasing?" ”

“…… If you want to chase it, you can take someone to chase it, but don't blame me if you die. Yan Xing replied without raising his head. Seeing this, the pro-soldiers who asked no longer spoke, don't look at Ma Chao was injured, but it was not a problem to deal with these small soldiers, seeing that their main general seemed to be in a bad mood, at this time smart people would not touch their heads.

When Han Sui learned the news that Ma Chao was injured and escaped, he couldn't help but complain to Yan Xing again, thinking that Yan Xing was letting the tiger return to the mountain. Yan Xing humbly accepted Han Sui's blame, but what he thought in his heart, only he knew. Fortunately, Han Sui had already had this psychological preparation before deciding to make trouble, and now that Ma Teng has fallen into his hands, Ma Jiajun's threat to him has gone a lot, if Ma Chao really dares to bring Ma Jiajun to trouble him, then he will use Ma Teng to threaten Ma Jiajun to fight for himself, and see how Ma Chao's vertical son chooses.

Originally, Han Sui also wanted to take advantage of the situation to catch Jia Xu and gain the upper hand morally, but he didn't want Jia Xu to be like getting the news in advance, just after he went to invite Ma Teng, he also left Guzang with people, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Han Sui lied to the outside world that Jia Xu colluded with Xiqiang Cheriji to secede Liangzhou and establish himself as the king, and led the Liangzhou pastor to call on all localities to obey his orders. It's just that the reply he got was not ideal, and no one bought his Han Sui's account at all, so angry that Han Sui smashed a lot of utensils in the mansion.

At the same time, Jia Xu, who had disappeared before, also appeared in Zhangye, and announced that Han Sui was a rebel to the imperial court as the pastor of Liangzhou, and detained his colleague Ma Teng for no reason, intending to rebel, and requiring all counties and counties in Liangzhou to guard all places and not be subordinate. And said that the imperial court had sent a large army to come, and at this time, he was dispatched by Han Sui, and he would be punished with rebellion in the future.

Jia Xu's order was easier to accept than Han Sui's. There is an unspoken rule in officialdom, and if you don't make a mistake, you will make a meritorious service. At present, Jia Xu and Han Sui have their own opinions, and officials from all over the country want to protect themselves, and the best way is to follow what Jia Xu said, remain neutral, do not help each other, and just wait for the imperial army to arrive and have their own conclusions.

The officials in various places are Mingzhe to protect themselves, Han Sui has become an ant on a hot pot, once he really waits for the imperial army to arrive, then his good days for Han Sui will come to an end. When Liu Xie today will not look at himself from any aspect, once Liu Xie believes that he is a rebel, then he will become the target of public criticism, and those officials who are wise enough to keep a wait-and-see will definitely jump out to deal with themselves as soon as possible.

The situation was pressing, and Han Sui couldn't be allowed to think about it anymore, so on the one hand, he asked people to urge Cheriji to capture Zhangye and capture Jia Xu as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he asked people to go to Wuwei with Ma Teng's letter. Cheng Yin and Yang Qiu, who were sent by Han Sui to arrest Ma Teng's family members before, did not do well, Ma Jiajun had already taken precautions, and the two of them were attacked as soon as they entered Wuwei with their men and horses, and they were defeated and returned. Although the person in charge of the Ma family is not Ma Chao at the moment, he is also not an easy person to deal with. Fortunately, Ma Teng is still in his own hands, and the Ma family army will have some scruples if he wants to deal with himself, and it is important to deal with the army of the imperial court at present, and the Ma family is still mainly to pacify for the time being.