In the Chinese military camp of the Xiliang rebels in Meixian County, the angry Li Dao was on the verge of going berserk.

Since the Qiang army was hit hard, no matter how much he persuaded or lured him to his advantage, this ticket person just shrank in Chencang and other places and did not dare to come out, and made up his mind to run away at any time.

The shrinkage of the Qiang army made Li Dao helpless, but what made him mad the most was that the envoy he sent to Yizhou was detained by Liu Yan. At first, Liu Yan did not make any statement, until the imperial court sent his two sons back to Yizhou, and Liu Yan immediately turned his face and beheaded the envoy he sent. Then he righteously scolded Li Dao for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and also said to the court that as a relative of the Han Dynasty, he resolutely maintained the peace and unity of the Han Dynasty, and was incompatible with the chaotic ministers and thieves like Li Dao, and said that he would send troops to attack Li Dao to support the imperial court.

Although Li Wei didn't believe that Liu Yan would really come out of Yizhou to attack him, Liu Yan, who turned his face faster than a book, acted like he was slapping him alive! Only then did Li Dao angrily understand that he was completely used by Liu Yan, an old fox.

Good for you, Liu Junlang! When Lao Tzu finishes cleaning up the court, he will definitely not let you go! Li Dao said with a secret hatred in his heart.

Liu Yan's backlash made Li Dao resentful, and when he heard that Ma Teng Hansui's troops were also preparing to retreat westward, Li Dao's anger completely broke out in this situation of rebellion and separation.

He can't do anything about Liu Yan for the time being, but it doesn't mean that he can't clean up Ma Teng Han Sui. Li Dao ordered Fan Chou and his nephew Li Li to lead troops to pursue Ma Teng, Han Sui and others.

After Ma Teng Han said goodbye to Liu Bei and prepared to retreat west, he didn't think about whether Li Dao would let them go easily. Although there was a certain amount of preparation, when he heard that Fan Chou really led the troops to come, Ma Teng was also worried under the danger of the soldiers.

It seems that it is not so easy to leave the battlefield without bloodshed.

Han Sui saw Ma Teng's sad face, and persuaded him confidently on the side: "Big brother, don't panic, Fan Chou is coming, I have my own strategy to retreat from the enemy." The eldest brother can take the people and horses to go first, and only leave dozens of horses with me to stay. ”

Ma Teng didn't know what Han Sui could do, and said worriedly: "Wenyue can't be joked, it's better to retreat west with the army, don't take risks easily." ”

Han Sui shook his head confidently and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I have my own way to retreat from the enemy." ”

Seeing Han Sui's insistence, Ma Teng had no choice but to agree. Leave dozens of horsemen for him, and lead the army to slowly withdraw.

Han Sui, who stayed behind, did not wait for Fan Chou, but led people to ride a horse to meet him. When they met Fan Chou's soldiers and horses, Han Sui and the others stood still, and seeing Fan Chou's army coming violently, Han Sui's junior general suddenly shouted, threw the spear in his hand violently, and inserted it into the soil halfway.

"I am Jincheng Yanxing, whoever passes this spear will take its head!"

The young general named Yan Xing had a majestic face and extraordinary momentum, and his long roar was like a thunderbolt, which shocked the Xiliang soldiers and made them all stop their tracks automatically, just before the spear.

Han Sui saw that the Xiliang army had stopped, so he jumped out of his horse and shouted at the opposite side: "Is the person who is coming from General Jincheng Fan?" ”

When Fan Chou heard someone calling him, he also rode his horse to the front of the formation and replied, "So-and-so!" ”

When Han Sui saw Fan Chou coming out, he shouted at him: "General Fan, do you remember Han Wenyue in Jincheng Ganjing?" ”

There is a well in front of Han Sui's house, the water is extremely sweet, so it is called Ganjing. The people of nearby Jincheng like to go there to fetch water, and Fan Chou is also among them, and he is familiar with Han Sui after coming and going. Han Sui's mention of Ganjing at this time caused Fan Chou's nostalgia for the past.

Han Sui saw that Fan Chou was silent, so he pretended to be sad and said: "Why do you kill each other today after twenty years of friendship with fellow villagers? ”

Fan Chou scolded Han Sui and said: "In the past, the alliance was involved in major events, but today you are going to break the contract and go away, what is the feeling of the day?" Where is faith? ”

Han Sui said: "It is inconvenient for the two armies to answer in front of the formation, can General Fan come forward to speak?" ”

Fan Chou heard Han Sui say this and was about to urge the horse over, Li Wei's nephew Li Li approached and said, "General Fan must not go lightly, beware of the enemy's tricks." It seems that such a renegade and forgetfulness still talk nonsense to him, and the army can be killed all of them. ”

Fan Chou has long been dissatisfied with Li Li, and has always suspected that he was sent by Li Dao to spy on him. Seeing him coming over to stop him from meeting with Han Sui, he couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "The kid knows the big thing, go and step aside, don't talk too much!" ”

Li Li relied on the fact that his uncle was Li Dao, who had always been arrogant and domineering, and now he was scolded by Fan Chou and couldn't help but hold a grudge, and he didn't dare to say anything on the surface, so he had to retreat to the side stupidly.

Repelling Li Li, Fan Chou saw that there were only dozens of cavalry horses in Han Sui's array, so he also brought dozens of cavalry to him.

When Han Sui saw Fan Chou coming closer, he immediately complimented him and said, "General Fan is very courageous, not less than he was back then!" ”

Fan Chou couldn't help but nod with a smile when he was touted, and asked, "Can Wen Yue explain the breach of the contract?" ”

Han Sui said with an embarrassed face: "It's not that we have broken the contract, but we have an urgent matter to return to Liangzhou." When the matter is resolved, we will definitely help General Li succeed. It's just that I didn't expect that General Li was suspicious and jealous, and he actually sent troops to kill us, causing us to die, which is really chilling. ”

Han Sui made a burst of clever words, reversed black and white, and brazenly said that he betrayed the covenant as Li Wei was suspicious and jealous, and could not tolerate people. And in order to avoid fratricidal brothers, he specially stayed to explain to Fan Chou, and put on a righteous face.

Although Han Sui talked nonsense, one thing was right, that is, Li Wei was indeed a suspicious and jealous person. This can be seen from the fact that he deliberately let Zhang Ji break off and weaken the power of his branch. Fan Chou also understood this in his heart, so he was also hesitant about Han Sui's words, and was hesitant whether he should carry out Li Wei's order.

Seeing him like this, Han Sui fanned the flames on the side and said: "Li Dao sent the general to come, when you and I fight each other, it will be the end of the burning of jade, how will General Fan then?" ”

Han Sui's words made Fan Chou frightened, he and Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji acted together, although Li Dao, who was the most capable and powerful, was respected, but the four of them had their own subordinates, and the relationship between himself and Li Dao was not subordinate, but the relationship between the alliance and Li Dao.

But once this little bit of people under his command is gone, the consequences of not having strength, as long as Fan Chou thinks that Zhang Ji, who has become the commander of the light pole, can only follow Li Ji every day, and he is called back and forth, he is afraid for a while.

It suddenly occurred to him that Li Wei sent himself to pursue him might be the idea of killing two birds with one stone, that is, weakening his own strength and punishing Ma Teng Han Sui's betrayal.

He must not be allowed to succeed in his schemes! Fan Chou gritted his teeth with hatred.

After figuring out this section, Fan Chou couldn't stop nodding at Han Sui's words, and then Han Sui's words said: "What Wen Yue said is exactly what I meant. When you and I are at war, whether we are both burning jade or defeated, we are all fighting in the same room, and brothers are fighting. Since Brother Ma and Brother Han have something to do in Liangzhou, I will no longer block it, and I wish you two a smooth journey. ”

Han Sui saw that Fan Chou was willing to stop the army and make peace, so he happily grabbed his arm and said, "In this way, when we have the opportunity, we will talk about our fellow villagers again." ”

"Good!" Fan Chou responded.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After the two talked, they each returned with their troops. When he arrived at the Xiliang camp, Fan Chou went to his own camp to rest, and Li Wei's nephew Li Li held a grudge against Fan Chou, and after returning to the camp, he secretly reported to Li Wei that Fan Chou had talked with Han Sui for a long time and laughed loudly.

Li Wei was originally very suspicious, and he was very suspicious of Fan Chou's courage and popularity, and when he heard Li Li's report, he immediately firmly believed that Fan Chou and Han Sui conspired to harm him.

In line with the principle of striking first and attacking later, Li Wei summoned Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to his Chinese military tent in the name of convening a military meeting, and secretly ordered his nephew to ride the lieutenant Hu to lead people to ambush him outside the tent, and wait for an opportunity to stab him to death after Fan Chou came.

Guo Yan and Zhang Ji came early after receiving Li Dao's military order, and the two knelt in the Chinese military tent and chatted with Li Dao without saying a word. After Fan Chou walked into the Chinese military tent, before he could greet Li Dao and others, Li Dao suddenly changed his appearance of talking and laughing with Guo Yan and Zhang Ji, and asked Fan Chou: "You went to pursue Ma Teng Han Sui, why did you quit the army and return?" ”

Fan Chou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly explained: "Ma Shoucheng and Han Wen have an appointment to return to Liangzhou, not a breach of the contract. Han Wenyue has already told me that he will come back to help again when the matter is resolved. ”

Li Wei smiled cruelly and said coldly: "The two thieves and you agreed that they would come back again to take my life together, right?" ”

Fan Chou was shocked, cold sweat broke out, and he shouted loudly: "Heaven and earth can be learned, there is no intention to harm the general, who is the person who is playing right and wrong in front of the general and trapping me in injustice?" ”

At this time, Li Li, who was beside Li Wei, said in a sharp voice: "You and Han Sui have been talking for a long time, and they still laugh with their arms, as if they have a plot, how can you say that you have no bad intentions?" ”

Fan Chou angrily pointed at Li Li and scolded: "Vertical Zi'an dares to harm me? ”

Li Li also retorted: "If you have no faith and no righteousness, you will die today and have no place to be buried!" ”

Already feeling the abnormal atmosphere in the tent of the Chinese army, Fan Chou turned around in fear and wanted to leave, Li Dao suddenly shouted: "Er's plot is wrong, how can there be a way to live?" ”

This is the secret signal of Li Wei and Hu Feng who was ambushed outside the tent, and Hu Feng immediately led people to rush in after hearing it, and he was a sword in the chest against Fan Chou.

Fan Chou was caught off guard and was stabbed to death by Hu Feng's sword, and his body fell to the dust.

The vicious change was prominent, and Guo Yan and Zhang Ji were frightened. Li Wei stepped forward to take a look at Fan Chou's dead body, sneered, and then turned around and comforted the two of them and said, "This thief is colluding with outsiders to plot against us. Now that he has been ambushed, this matter has nothing to do with the two brothers, don't be afraid! ”

Hearing Li Dao say this, Zhang Ji reacted quickly, and immediately agreed and said: "Thank you to the general for removing this unrighteous person for us, if not, we would still be kept in the dark by him!" ”

Guo Yan glanced at Zhang Ji with contempt, knelt aside and was silent.

Zhang Ji also said: "This thief has a lot of party members in the army, and the general should plan for it as soon as possible to prevent chaos." ”

Li Dao had already intended to incorporate Fan Chou's army, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "Brother Zhang's words are exactly what I want. The matter was left to the brother and nephew. ”

Zhang Ji was ordered to join Li Li to incorporate Fan Chou's army. Guo Yan also bid farewell to Li Dao and returned to his camp.

After Li Wei annexed Fan Chou's army, his strength increased greatly, but it also made the army centrifuge up and down, and everyone was in danger. Out of guilt for Zhang Ji, Li Wei allocated some of Fan Chou's troops and horses to be led by Zhang Ji, and the purpose of this was also to let Zhang Ji help him to deal with the unstable military spirit in the army and Guo Yan, who had no clear attitude towards him.

There were signs of civil strife within the Xiliang army, but soon after, Tanma came with an even more worrying news: the northern army led by the general Zhengxi and the marquis of Ganting, Fusong, had entered Wugong County, and joined the Xiyuan army in the north, with 20,000 soldiers, and the sword pointed westward, and the imperial court was ready for a decisive battle with the Xiliang army.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)