After returning to Chang'an, Cao Ju no longer had any worries, and began to fight hard to prepare for the crusade against Xiliang.

However, Cao Ju declared to the outside world that he was ready to go out and attack Luoyang.

I don't know whether the news is true or not, Yuan Shao and the others are nervous, and the princes who were already preparing to go back to their respective families can only stay in Luoyang for the time being, in case Cao Ju is really moving eastward.

Han Sui and Ma Teng didn't show any signs of danger, they didn't expect that Cao Ju had just taken Yongzhou, and he would have to use troops against Liangzhou in such a short time.

Cao Ju knows history very well, knows Han Sui and Ma Teng very well, and knows that Han Sui is ambitious and more suspicious than Cao Cao, while Ma Teng has always regarded himself as a loyal minister, but it is difficult to change the taste of the Qiang people.

Therefore, while attacking Luoyang, Cao Ju also wrote a letter to Ma Teng, the content of which was that he was ready to join forces with Ma Teng to destroy Han Sui and then divide Liangzhou equally.

Cao Ju deliberately sent two messengers to send two letters with the same content to Han Sui and Ma Teng respectively, and the letter to Ma Teng was deliberately deleted in many places.

In fact, Cao Ju's strategy is basically the same as Cao Cao's strategy against Han Sui and Ma Chao in history, which is an upgraded version of the discord plan.

Sure enough, Han Sui grabbed Cao Ju's messenger, and after reading this letter, he was naturally furious, and immediately killed the messenger, and then asked Ma Teng to come over to discuss and discuss how to deal with Cao Ju.

At the same time, Han Sui's detailed work buried in Ma Teng's place also reported to him, and Cao Ju's messenger also sent a letter to Ma Teng, but the specific content of the detailed work is unknown.

However, it was said that Ma Teng was shocked when he received Cao Ju's letter, and almost without thinking about it, he wrote a letter and asked the messenger to bring it back, to the effect that he rejected Cao Ju's request.

However, Cao Ju's divisive plan is more clever than Cao Cao in history, Cao Ju also prepared a master of copying, and wrote a letter according to Ma Teng's handwriting, to the effect that Ma Teng asked that after destroying Han Sui, Liangzhou would be in charge of him, and at the same time, he would pay tribute to Cao Ju every year.

Then, when this messenger was passing through Han Sui's jurisdiction, he was deliberately discovered by Han Sui's people, and this letter naturally fell into Han Sui's hands.

After reading the letter, Han Sui was naturally furious, and said angrily: "Ma Shoucheng deceived me too much. ”

Han Sui's son-in-law, Yan Xing, listened and asked, "Father-in-law, could it be that Ma Teng wants to plot against his father-in-law?" ”

Han Sui held up the letter and said angrily: "Look at this letter, Ma Shou is a real villain." ”

Yan Xing stepped forward, took the letter, and read it again, but he was not as angry as Han Sui, and felt a little strange in his heart, and muttered to himself: "Ma Shoucheng should not be such a villain." ”

"Hmph." Han Sui snorted coldly and said, "With the interests in front of me, it is difficult to ensure that Ma Shoucheng is not moved, hmph, since Ma Shoucheng treats me like this, how can I tolerate it." ”

Then, Han Sui instructed Yan Xing: "After Ma Teng comes, I will give him a banquet, and you can bring fifty swords and axes to lie outside the palace, and once you hear my command, you will rush in and kill him." ”

"Ah......" After Yan Xing heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded, "Father-in-law, no, the truth of this matter has not yet been decided, if it takes the liberty of destroying Ma Teng's life, I am afraid that Cao Ju's plan will also be in the meeting." ”

I have to say that Yan Xing's mind is still very sober, but it has to be said that Han Sui's ambition is also very big, he wants to take advantage of Cao Ju's new Yongzhou to kill Ma Teng and annex his strength, so that he can fight against Cao Ju.

Han Sui sneered and said: "This is Ma Teng's handwriting, and I have heard the latest report, saying that it is a letter written by Cao Ju to Ma Teng, which was shown by Ma Teng in front of the generals. ”

Yan Xing vaguely felt that this matter was not so simple, but after all, he was just a military general, not a wise general like Huang Zhong and Gan Ning, so after thinking about it, he didn't persuade Han Sui again: "Father-in-law, since this is the case, after killing Ma Teng, my father-in-law must immediately wave his troops eastward to annihilate Ma Teng's forces in one fell swoop and monopolize Liangzhou." ”

Han Sui nodded and said: "I am exactly this plan, under the command of Ma Teng, there are many elite generals, although his eldest son Ma Chao is young, he is the champion of the three armies, and he should be your fierce opponent, not to be underestimated." There are also Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Ma Dai and others, all of whom are strong in martial arts, and no one in our army is invincible except for you. ”

Yan Xing said with a smile: "Father-in-law, don't worry, Ma Chao is capable, and the son-in-law understands that he is not the opponent of the son-in-law, even if their brothers join forces, the son-in-law can handle it." It's just that the son-in-law feels that this time he will attack Ma Teng, and he must contact the rest of the departments and agree to share Liangzhou. ”

"Above Liangzhou, with the father-in-law and Ma Teng being the most powerful, it can be said that the two tigers are separating Liangzhou, if the lord kills Ma Teng, Cheng Yin and the others will inevitably make a choice, or take refuge in the father-in-law, or take refuge in Ma Chao'er. However, with the younger son-in-law, Ma Chao is moody and young, Cheng Yin and other departments will definitely take refuge in his father-in-law, so that above Liangzhou, there is only one father-in-law. ”

Han Sui laughed and said: "Okay, you are very good, there has always been no room for two tigers in one mountain, and there will be a battle between me and Ma Shoucheng sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come very early." ”

At that moment, Han Sui ordered Yan Xing to quietly raise troops to prepare, and after Ma Teng's death, he immediately waved his troops westward to attack Jiuquan.

The forces of Liangzhou are the largest in Han Sui and Ma Teng, one east and one west, Han Sui is in the east, Ma Teng is in the west, in addition, there are eight departments such as Cheng Yin.

But he said that Ma Teng didn't know that the danger had come to him, and he hurried over, firstly because Han Sui invited him, and secondly because he also wanted to explain the matter to Han Sui, otherwise, if it reached Han Sui's ears, he was afraid that there would be some misunderstanding.

This time, Han Sui didn't bring many people, because he and Han Sui were sworn brothers, although the ambitions of the two were not small, but Ma Teng believed that this was not the time for the two to turn their faces and frame each other, especially next to Liangzhou, where Cao Ju, a terrible guy, suddenly rose.

Ma Teng only brought a hundred personal guards, and the general with him did not let his sons and daughters participate, only his oldest nephew, Ma Dai.

Ma Chao was too impulsive, especially after Ma Chao lost to Yan Xing in the competition, he had been obsessed, looking at Yan Xing left and right was not pleasing to the eye, and the last time he almost clashed with Yan Xing again, which also directly led to Ma Xiu and Ma Tie's hostility towards Yan Xing, so Ma Teng took Ma Dai to go this time.