Seeing the frightened expressions of the patriarchs, Meng You said disdainfully: "What is the descendant of the Fire God, isn't it just a girl from the Zhu family?" She's not going to be my sister-in-law sooner or later. ”

The Meng Shu brothers and Zhu Rong have been playing together since childhood and know each other well, so Zhu Rong, who is full of mystery in the eyes of other barbarians and makes them extremely awe-inspired, is no different from ordinary people in the eyes of the Meng Shu brothers, except for being pretty.

Meng You turned his head and saw that Yang Feng looked a little worried, and hurriedly changed his words: "Oh, I said it wrong, it's not a sister-in-law, it's one of the sisters-in-law." ”

The vulture laughed and said, "The second child of the Meng family, you speak in such a loud tone, what is your sister-in-law, it is clearly the sixth lady of Lord Liu." If it weren't for Mrs. Zhu getting the favor of Lord Liu and blowing the pillow wind on Lord Liu, do you think Lord Liu would really let me go so easily? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone nodded frequently, and things were exactly as they expected. In fact, Liu Xin had his own intentions in letting go of the vulture bone, and it didn't have much to do with Zhu Rong, but the barbarians didn't see it that way, especially the barbarians in the Nanzhong area. They have been oppressed by Han officials for a long time, so they will not believe that Liu Xin, who is in a high position, can have such good intentions.

Vulture himself also sees it this way, he made an oath in front of Liu Xin never betrayed, in addition to the fear of Liu Xin's strength, a large part of it is out of awe of Zhu Rong. He didn't believe that Liu Xin not only let himself go, but also came up with so many policies that were beneficial to the barbarians. In his opinion, all this is not because Zhu Rong helped the barbarian speak, and Liu Xin agreed to come down in order to please Zhu Rong. The really great thing is Zhu Rong, who sacrificed her hue and took advantage of Liu Xin.

However, when Meng Shu heard the words "pillow wind", he was furious, his fists were clenched, and he shouted repeatedly: "Vulture bones, what nonsense are you talking about!" How could Zhu Rong marry Liu Xin! ”

Meng You hurriedly persuaded on the side: "Big brother is angry! This must be a trick made by Liu Xin, wanting to use this method to deceive people and anger his brother. Does the eldest brother still remember the battle a few days ago, Zhu Rong is clearly the outfit of the unmarried daughter of the barbarian, in just a few days, how could she be Liu Xin's sixth lady, it must be the vulture bone patriarch who was deceived by him, big brother, you can't fall for him. ”

The vulture "snorted", and did not refute Meng You's words again, he was too lazy to speak again.

After a long time, Meng Huo's clenched fist finally slowly loosened, turned around and said, "Patriarch Mulu, I'll let someone go and give Liu Xin a war letter, and I'll see you tomorrow!" ”

When Meng Shu said this, Han Sui, who was far away in Xiliang, had just received a war letter. Holding the war book, Han Sui's hands trembled slightly, and now he even regretted his intestines.

When Fan Chou came to Xiliang on Liu Xin's order, the first thing he thought of was Han Sui. Fan Chou and Han Sui were old acquaintances, and he knew that Liu Xin was powerful, so he wanted to persuade Han Sui to surrender to Liu Xin first. But Han Sui didn't think so, he believed in the dogma of "how can you be comfortable with a slave and be a king", and he was not willing to give in easily. And Liu Xin's policy is very clear, anyone who surrenders must hand over the military power, for a place like Xiliang that respects the strong, military power is equal to everything, and Han Sui is not willing to let go easily. Besides, when Dong Zhuo resisted the princes of the Seventeen Towns, when he was in the middle of the day, he was not able to do anything to him, he was still thriving in Dong Zhuo's old nest Xiliang, how could he put Liu Xin, an "outsider", in his eyes.

Fan Chou's persuasion failed, so he turned to other Haoqiang, and as a result, whether it was Ma Teng, Yang Fu, or Pei Mao, their eyes were all aimed at Han Sui, and when they saw that he did not move, they all did not move. Everywhere Fan Chou went, they were treated with good wine and meat, but there was only one thing, they neither agreed to Fan Chou's persuasion, nor did they turn their faces with Fan Chou. Fan Chou knew the reason, so he had to turn around and ask to see Han Sui again.

Han Sui has his own eyes and ears in Guanzhong, and when he learned that Liu Xin was in Chang'an, he really treated Fan Chou with courtesy, but he just kept his mouth shut about the effect. Who knows, the good times didn't last long, and the news that Liu Xin left Chang'an and hurriedly returned to Xiangyang came, and Han Sui immediately turned his face.

In Han Sui's mind, Chang'an is the capital of a country, the center of the country, Liu Xin did not stay there, but hurriedly returned to Xiangyang, obviously something major happened in Xiangyang, maybe something went wrong in his rear. Since there is a problem in Liu Xin's rear, he naturally has no spare strength to deal with Xi Liang, at least in a short period of time, there is no spare strength to deal with Xi Liang, so why does he need to look at Fan Chou's face. How did he know that Liu Xin himself had gone back to Xiangyang, but he appointed Jia Xu as the governor of Liangzhou, commanding the 60,000 foot soldiers of the two major armies, plus 13,000 elite cavalry, and was preparing to clean him up.

At this time, Han Sui made a fatal mistake, even if you don't want to see Fan Chou's face, then it's better to drive him away, and at the worst, put him under house arrest. As a result, Han Sui didn't think of Fan Chou's old friendship with him, but thought that he was nagging in his ear all day long, which provoked sexuality, and the "click" knife resulted in Fan Chou's life, and let Fan Chou's head be sent to Xiao Guan.

Han Sui did this because he wanted to erect his prestige among the heroes of Xiliang, after all, with the collapse of Dong Zhuo's group, there was a certain power vacuum in Xiliang, and he was very determined to fill this gap. However, he didn't think that his move would be a naked challenge for Liu Xin.

Jia Xu was discussing with Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to find a suitable reason to hit Han Sui, who knew that Han Sui actually took the initiative to send the opportunity to the door. Jia Xu had the sword given by Liu Xin, and he could handle the affairs of Liangzhou on behalf of Liu Xin with full powers, and he made a decision immediately and ordered to attack Han Sui with all his might.

Han Sui didn't expect Liu Xin's men to come so quickly, and hurriedly responded to the battle, losing three battles in a row, and his generals Cheng Yin and Li Kan were killed in battle. As a last resort, Han Sui sent Yang Qiu to Ma Teng for help.

Although Ma Teng and Han Sui were sworn brothers, the two met at the same time, and Ma Teng's wife and young son also died at the hands of Han Sui. After getting Han Sui's distress letter, Ma Teng laughed, and almost without hesitation, he ordered Yang Qiu to be tied up, personally brought the general Pang De, escorted Yang Qiu to Xiao Pass, handed it over to Jia Xu, and expressed his heart that he was willing to give up his military power and obey Liu Xin's dispatch.

Jia Xu comforted Ma Teng with kind words, asked him to temporarily return to the original place to garrison, and when Liu Xin made other arrangements in the future, he ordered Yang Qiu to be beheaded, and the head was handed over to Pang De to be sent to the front of the army for orders, and Pang De was left under Zhang Fei's tent to listen to it.

Seeing Yang Qiu's head, Han Suijun's heart was in turmoil, and he was defeated for a while, and he broke the generals Liang Xing and Ma Play. Han Sui knew that the general trend had gone, and sent Zhang Heng and Huang Zhong to ask for surrender, but Huang Zhong did not allow it, and beat Zhang Heng and drove him back. Han Sui had no choice but to fight hard, but he was defeated for a while, and Zhang Heng and Hou Xuan were taken prisoner.

Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong were not reconciled, although they let go of the candidates, they let him bring back Zhang Heng's head and another war letter.

Han Sui took the war letter and looked at the candidate and Cheng Yi beside him. When he was at his strongest, there were eight generals and nearly 100,000 horses, who knows, only half a month has passed, and now there are only these two people left under his command, more than 10,000 soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh, looked up and asked: "Yang Fu, Pei Mao, what do they say?" ”

Cheng Yi arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, they are not willing to send troops to help. ”

Han Sui slammed the war letter to the ground and said angrily: "These two fools, don't you even understand the truth of cold lips and teeth? If I lose, Liu Xin will be the next one to clean up. ”

Cheng Yi said with a strange look on his face: "Back to the lord, they naturally understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, and the last general has also made it clear to them." But they don't think that they and the lord are dependent on each other, so they all follow Ma Teng's example now and defect to Liu Xin. ”

Han Sui couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and muttered, "I didn't expect that even they would vote for Liu Xin." ”

Cheng Yi said with a gloomy expression: "Not only them, but other heroes also took the initiative to show favor to Liu Xin. I heard that Pei Mao also escorted Li Dao and Guo Yan, who had been hiding with him, to Xiao Guan, and now, the heads of these two people are hanging under the city tower of Xiao Guan. ”

Hearing that Li Dao and Guo Yan were dead, Han Sui suddenly remembered something and said: "At the beginning, Dong Zhuo and Liu Xin fought fiercely in Sanguan, and they also sent people to recruit Han and Ma Teng's military horses, but when the two of us arrived at Xiaoguan, I had already heard the news of Dong Zhuo's defeat, so I had to lead the army back. But I heard that Dong Zhuo also requisitioned the Qiang soldiers and the Hun soldiers, why don't we ask them for help? ”

Hou Xuan arched his hand and said, "It turns out that the lord doesn't know that the Qiang tribes are now busy building ancestral halls, where will they send troops to help us." ”

Han Sui asked strangely, "Jiansheng Temple?" For whom is the shrine built? ”

Hou Xuan said with a wry smile: "Liu Xin released Beigong Boyu, and after Beigong Boyu came back, he praised Liu Xin's kindness everywhere, and also mobilized the whole clan to build a shrine for him, and worship at four o'clock, how can you say that the Qiang people can help us now?" It's good that they don't come to flank it. ”

Han Sui still didn't give up, and asked repeatedly: "The Qiang people can't do it, what about the Huns?" They helped Dong Zhuo, and they were also enemies with Liu Xin. ”

Hou Xuan sighed: "After Liu Bao's army was defeated, he fled back to the Southern Xiongnu. In the past, the power of the Southern Xiongnu was in the hands of Liu Bao, and this time the news of his defeat came back, and the Marquis of Xubu Gudu took the opportunity to regain power. Now Liu Bao has gathered the old department again, and is fighting fiercely with the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, and the Huns are still too busy to take care of themselves, where can they free up their hands to help us. ”

Han Sui was stunned for a moment, swept the bamboo slips on several cases to the ground, and said with a long sigh: "That's it, that's it, you can't beat it, you can't beat it, you can't drop it, there are only thirty-six strategies, and it's the best policy." ”

Cheng Yi stepped forward and said, "Doesn't the lord want to flee elsewhere?" It's just how these many people hide it from others. ”

Han Sui frowned, and said angrily: "Who said that you want to take these many horses, just you and me, more than a dozen followers, pack up some gold and silver, and go to the Western Regions." ”

Cheng Yiwei retreated and glanced at the candidate, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.