Chapter 177: Unification and Merger of States

Why did Lu Bu leave Han Suilai?

Even if this is Han Sui's initiative, no matter what aspect you look at, leaving Ma Chao, Ma Teng's eldest son, is more in line with his interests than Han Sui, but he still agreed.

He didn't want to help Ma Chao get rid of this anti-bone boy out of kindness, to be honest, according to the situation when he and Ma Chao met for the first time, the two sides will become enemies in the future, how can there be any reason to help the enemy.

What Lu Buwei is discussing with Han Sui today.

In fact, according to what Lu Bu thought in his heart, Ma Teng's power is not bad among the princes today, and it will not count down at worst, especially the so-called alliance of small princes in Kansai, Ma Teng is also the biggest force as the leader of the alliance, and of course he knows the unreliability of the so-called alliance with his resourcefulness, otherwise the original seventeenth road against Dong Lianjun would have beaten Dong Zhuo down long ago, so he will inevitably find an opportunity to attack other small forces in the alliance.

Now Ma Tengkong has the name of Liangzhou Mu, but there is no Muye state, except for one Wuwei County under his command, which is the Beidi County that has just been snatched from the Qiang people.

You must know that Liangzhou has one more county than Bingzhou, and among the remaining eight counties, Jincheng County needless to say, in the hands of Han Sui, even if Han Sui is now on Lu Bu's side, but with a good general like Yan Xing who is both wise and brave, Ma Teng can only look at the ocean and sigh; Longxi County is occupied by the Di people, and it is even more difficult to take; Others, such as Hanyang County, Wudu County and Anding County, are occupied by small forces such as Cheng Yin and Ma Wan, each with no more than 10,000 troops in several counties, while the three counties of Jiuquan, Zhangye and Dunhuang have the attraction of the Silk Road, but in terms of strategic value, they are not at all attractive to the current Ma Teng.

And if Ma Teng really wants to make a move, he must first start with the small forces of all parties in the three counties. Maybe it's like Dou Mao, the king of Jincheng, Han Sui and others can survive in advance, but when Ma Teng cleans up the others, they can't be satisfied even if they don't accept it.

And the development of Ma Teng's power is also a big threat to himself, whether it is eastward or southward for him, it is not a good way for him, if he wants to expand his territory, then he can only focus on the north-east and the state, that is, Lu Bu's sphere of influence.

Before, there was a Qiang person in the middle as a buffer, but now the two sides are directly bordered, and they can't avoid it.

Don't look at it now, Ma Teng will take the initiative to come to the door to cooperate, that is the threat of Dong Zhuo, but the situation is changing so fast that even Lu Bu can't have foresight. Who knows when I'm going to turn around and stab me in the back. It's always better to be prepared.

Besides, why was Han Sui willing to stay before? With his level of resourcefulness, it is impossible not to see Ma Teng's purpose, but let him be full of wits in front of Ma Teng's absolute superiority. It's nothing.

Without taking into account foreign aid. Just by themselves and the other minor forces in the alliance. Even if they are united, they are not Ma Teng's opponents at all, and if they find foreign aid, there is still a chance of survival.

Although these are just speculations by Lu Bu and Liangle and others. But at the beginning, Han Sui was willing to take the initiative to ask to stay, which was enough to explain the problem, and although Han Sui did not give a clear answer today, looking at his attitude when facing his own problem, Lu Bu already knew the answer in his heart.

In fact, Han Sui is afraid that he knows his thoughts very well in his heart, but he still looks entangled, this is not to pretend in front of Lu Bu, but from the bottom of his heart, but in Lu Bu's opinion, he is purely looking for trouble.

However, since Han Sui wanted to deceive himself, Lu Bu didn't care about him for the time being, and when he left the house, he saw Liangle outside coming up, "Wen Hou, can there be a reply to this Han Wen?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head, Liangle frowned, but he heard him say again: "Don't worry, if you don't reply for a while, it's nothing, I believe that this Han Wenyue is a person who understands current affairs." ”

"It's just that his person is just Jincheng Taishou, even if he responds to our request, and when we succeed in chasing the Qiang people with Ma Teng, at that time, Ma Teng will be wrapped in the momentum of Xinsheng, and he can sweep away those small forces in his alliance in one go, even if this Han Wenyue goes back to Liangzhou, what waves can it set off?"

Lu Bu frowned, this was a problem, but then he didn't just think of something, his eyebrows stretched, and his expression became relaxed, "Perhaps, someone will solve this problem for us." ”

Liangle was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and couldn't help laughing.

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At the turn of the autumn and winter of the second year of the early peace of the Han Dynasty, the Shangjun of the Prefecture was used as the battlefield, and the two princes of Liangzhou Mu Lu Fengxian and Liangzhou Mu Ma Shoucheng cooperated for the first time today to jointly send troops to encircle and suppress the alien Qiang people who occupied Shangjun and part of the western part of Liangzhou.

The combined forces of the two sides are already extraordinary, and they are even more unprepared, the Qiang forces have been greatly weakened in recent years, and now they are only surviving according to the Beidi County and the Shangjun County, and now they can't even do this anymore under the alliance of the two parties.

Whether it is Lu Bu and Ma Teng, this time the blow to the Qiang people is unprecedentedly ruthless, and the final effect did not disappoint them, it can be said that this battle alone is equivalent to directly cutting off the roots of the Qiang people, maybe both Lu Bu and Ma Teng have Qiang people in the army, and they are not here to slaughter after all, so the Qiang army has mostly become prisoners of both sides, but at this time, everyone knows that it is difficult for Qiang Hu to set off a big wave.

And this cooperation for both of them got what they wanted most, Lu Bu got Shangjun, and finally completed the unification of the merged states at this moment.

At this point, all the nine counties and the whole state have fallen into the hands of Lu Bu, making him truly a veritable Han and state pastor, and he is also a state pastor with no history of thorns.

For the time being, Ma Teng is not very interested in the territory of the annexed state, but after obtaining the Northland County, his next plan will be better implemented.

And just like Lu Bu will worry about how to arrange even if he captures the Qianghu, there are already many Qiang people in Ma Teng's army, relying on these old people to lobby and influence, I believe that it will not be long before those Qianghu captives will become a new combat force under him.

Of course, these are not to mention for the time being, Dong Zhuo's abnormal movements made him vigilant, although there is no big movement for the time being, but he has to be careful, and even internally, Ma Teng has also begun to take precautions, who knows that at this time, those small princes will not turn their backs on the alliance because of temporary fear or interests?

"Meng Qi, why are you in such a hurry to see me?" In the Taishou Mansion of Wuwei County, Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao who came in a hurry, and his face was a little uncertain.

"Father's ......"

Seeing that Ma Chao wanted to speak and stopped, Ma Teng didn't know his concerns, and sneered: "Don't you still want to intercede for that Han Wenyu?" ”

Ma Chao was silent, his friendship with Han Sui was still good, because Ma Teng often scolded him harshly, even in front of his subordinates, he didn't give any face, which made him very dissatisfied, every time at this time, Han Sui would comfort him, it can be said that on a certain Cheng dΓΉ, his relationship with Han Sui is better than that of Ma Teng, the biological father.

But he is not a reckless man who doesn't know how to use his brains, he knows that what Ma Teng is doing now is correct from his point of view, and he should be on the same position as him, he has no way to refute him on this point, but he feels a little difficult to accept in his heart.

Ma Teng's face suddenly softened, looking at Ma Chao, he seemed to think of the stubborn woman he used to be, and finally sighed and said: "Don't worry, your Uncle Han and his father are friends for eight worships, and he is now in Lu Fengxian's place, he is very safe, this time he only takes Jincheng, and he will never offend his family as a father." But that Yan Xing must die! (To be continued......)