Since ancient times, the act of defeating and surrendering to the enemy is shameful, and before becoming a traitor, you must be fully psychologically prepared, accept the spurning of the world, and bear the infamy. Lu Bu in history is a very good example, he first killed Ding Yuan, and then killed Dong Zhuo, and as a result, he confirmed the infamy of the three family slaves.

When the news of Pang De's defeat and surrender to the enemy came back to Wugong, it immediately caused an uproar, and Ma Teng almost fainted.

In the Xiliang Army, the young general that Ma Teng values the most is Pang De, except for his son Ma Chao, who has made great efforts to cultivate Pang De.

Two days ago, Pound also sent a letter back saying that he had intercepted a large number of Lu Bu's baggage and asked him to send reinforcements.

For this reason, Ma Teng couldn't eat for several days, and Pang De was a general he brought up, loyal and reliable, and he surrendered to the enemy anyway.

Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and others were also resentful, and Pang De had a very close relationship with them on weekdays, but now he actually defected to the enemy and did such a shameful and unrighteous thing, so Ma Dai and others asked Ma Teng to fight several times, and they killed Longxi and cut Pang De, a traitor, with a thousand knives.

Although Ma Teng was angry, he was not yet angry, he knew that the current weather was not conducive to rushing to fight, and their grain and grass were about to run out, at this time, it was not to march, but to wait.

The most important thing is that Xu Rong sent people to ask him to surrender several times.

Longxi has three remnants of Dong Zhuo's potential, Dong Yue with the most troops, Lu Bu with the strongest combat effectiveness, and Xu Rong, who is okay with his strength.

Now that Xu Rong took the initiative to surrender, Ma Teng naturally raised his hands to welcome, as long as Xu Rong surrendered sincerely, at that time, he could unite with Xu Rong and attack Lu Bu and Dong Yue inside and outside, and these two could be eliminated in one battle.

Ma Teng, who was resting on the kang, suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that it was the emperor's uncle Liu Bei who asked to see him.

Liu Bei, Ma Teng has heard that he participated in the extermination of the Yellow Turban and the fight for Dong, and it is said that a gentle and benevolent hero also led troops into Guanzhong this time.

Ma Teng knew the news of Pang De's surrender to Lu Bu, but the news that Liu Bei's army was wiped out and Liu Xie was captured by Lu Bu had not been transmitted back in time, so Ma Teng did not know that Liu Bei had been defeated.

Hearing Liu Bei's request to see him at this moment, Ma Teng was puzzled and ordered someone to take Liu Bei to the big tent to meet.

When the princes of the Eighteenth Road were discussing Dong, Ma Teng only denounced Dong Zhuo in name, and did not really send troops to participate, so he did not see Liu Bei.

When he saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei for the first time, Ma Teng was surprised.

Liu Bei is no different from the rumors, gentle and extraordinary, but he seems to be a little down.

Looking at Guan Yu again, Ma Teng frowned, Guan Yu warmed wine and beheaded Hua Xiong, he had heard it a long time ago, Hua Xiong was the first warrior in Xiliang, and he had a lot of intersections with Ma Teng in the past, Ma Teng was very clear about Hua Xiong's ability, he didn't want to, he was actually cut by someone, and he didn't want to, he was actually beheaded by such an embarrassed person.

At this moment, Guan Yu lost his long beard and was defeated again, with a frustrated and depressed face, like a defeated rooster.

As for Zhang Fei, Ma Teng didn't pay attention to it, after all, he didn't have any fame.

When Liu Bei saw Ma Teng, he immediately went straight to the point, and said how he was defeated by Lu Bu's plot and Liu Xie's arrest, and Ma Teng was petrified in an instant.

He was not shocked by Liu Bei's defeat, but Liu Xie was arrested by Lu Bu, which is tantamount to falling into the mouth of a tiger!

Originally, he was also worried that Dong Zhuo would use Liu Xie to threaten him to retreat, but at that time, Wang Yun and other loyal Han forces also had a certain amount of power in Chang'an, as long as he won a big victory and forced Chang'an, it would be difficult for Dong Zhuo to use Liu Xie to coerce him.

Later, Dong Zhuo led his troops out of Chang'an, Wang Yun hid behind his back, and quietly launched a coup d'état to eliminate Dong Zhuo's forces in Chang'an, so there was no need to worry about this problem.

But no one thought that Chang'an was broken by Li Su and Guo Yan, Wang Yun was also forced to die, and Liu Xie fell into the hands of Lu Bu.

If he marched into Longxi to eliminate Lu Bu and forced Lu Bu to be in a hurry, Liu Xie's life would be in great danger.

He marched into Guanzhong under the slogan of eliminating thieves and helping the Han, and if the emperor was killed after the fight, then his march was regarded as the Fuhan of the Menmen, and he would definitely be criticized by the people of the world, saying that the emperor died because of him.

Ma Teng is a descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan, who has been instilled with the idea of loyalty to the Han and the Han since he was a child, and he has always been based on the principle of loyalty to the Han and the Han Dynasty, and has been planning the revival of the Han family all the time.

If Lu Bu catches Liu Xie, he will definitely use this to coerce him to withdraw from the army, then whether he retreats or not, if he does not retreat, he Ma Teng will definitely be accused of rebelling against the king. If it is retreated, then this march will be in vain.

For a while, Ma Teng suffered from gains and losses, and his face changed repeatedly.

When Liu Bei came, he pondered what to say and what not to say when he saw Ma Teng, how to make good use of Ma Teng's card, and he must persuade Ma Teng to concentrate all his strength on dealing with Lu Bu and eliminate it.

"It's not a secret, before His Majesty fell into the hands of Lu Bu, he already had a premonition that something bad would happen, and he told me that I must find Ma Hou, call on the world, and destroy Lu Bu at all costs!"

Liu Bei swore and said, and then he raised the identity of his Han clan and the title of imperial uncle to prove the authenticity of the emperor's dictation.

Ma Teng's face has always been very ugly, hearing Liu Bei say this, his brows also relaxed, saying that he will definitely do his best to eliminate Lu Bu, having said that, Ma Teng's heart is very worried.

Subsequently, Ma Teng arranged for Liu Bei's three brothers to live in the army, and he knew that Liu Bei's two righteous brothers were extraordinary in martial arts, and attacking Lu Bu in the future would be two sharp weapons, which could not be wasted.

Liu Bei heard that Ma Teng took them in, and he was immediately relieved in his heart, in fact, not to mention how powerful Guan Yu was at cutting Huaxiong, or the three brothers forced Lu Bu to retreat before the Tiger Prison, just by virtue of Liu Bei's identity as the emperor's uncle, Ma Teng was embarrassed not to take Liu Bei in.

Let the three brothers of Liu Bei go down, Ma Teng's face instantly became cloudy, he unfolded the map of Longxi, picked up the candle on the case, and looked at it carefully.

The news of Lu Bu's arrival in Xining with a large number of baggage soon reached the ears of Xu Rong and Dong Yue.

Now that all the Bingzhou troops have surrendered to Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo has also been controlled by Lu Bu, although Lu Bu has declared to the outside world that Dong Zhuo was ordered by him, but they are not fools, and they naturally understand the twists and turns, so they feel more and more jealous of Lu Bu.

When Lu Bu returned to Xining, the first thing he did was to order Ma and Han to withdraw their troops in the name of the Son of Heaven, and said that they were big thieves of the country and wanted to plot a rebellion.

Unexpectedly, Ma Han quickly pushed Liu Bei out, and said that Liu Bei had a secret order on him, calling on the world's heroes to crusade against Lu Bu.

In fact, Lu Bu never thought that he could use the Son of Heaven to force Ma Han to withdraw from the army, he just wanted to use the Son of Heaven to gain some moral advantage.

The second thing is to use Dong Zhuo's name to invite Xu Rong and Dong Yue to come to Xining to get together to discuss the matter of defeating Ma Han.

Obviously, Xu Rong and Dong Yue didn't eat this set, anyway, one was determined to surrender to Ma Han, and the other wanted to hide in Hanzhong, so they didn't want to fight with Ma Han at all.

They believe that no matter how powerful Lu Bu is, he is only a brave man, and in the face of the situation that he has the upper hand in many aspects, it is simply impossible to defeat Ma Han, who has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

"Xu Rong and Dong Yue both sent letters to them, saying that they were ill and could not come."

Lu Bu threw the two letters on the desk and turned his head to look at Jia Xu on the side.

"In this way, the rumors should be true, these two have already found a way out, Xu Rong just fought with Zhang Lu not long ago, and he will never surrender to Zhang Lu, so he should surrender to Ma Han.

There is no contradiction between Dong Yue and Zhang Lu, Ma Han entered the pass with the slogan of punishing thieves, so Dong Yue wanted to surrender Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu has many villains around him, as long as Dong Yue spends some money and gets through the relationship in this area, he will definitely be protected by Zhang Lu.

Ma Han will definitely take Xu Rong as well, and in my opinion, Ma Han will use Xu Rong to attack our back, and they will attack from the front, forming a situation of internal and external attack, so that the situation we are in is very dangerous.

Therefore, before Ma Han marches into Longxi, we must first pull out Xu Rong's poisonous fangs to get rid of future troubles! ”

Jia Xu said eloquently.

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this, since Xu Rong didn't want to surrender to me, he had no choice but to destroy him to prevent him from joining forces with Ma Han and making a stumbling block for himself.

"The military advisor is reasonable, let's eradicate Xu Rong first, and concentrate on dealing with Ma Han, it's just a matter of food and grass, I don't know if you have an idea?"

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "I've already considered this, didn't the lord bring back countless gold and silver belongings this time, we can use it to buy grain." ”

Lu Bu was a little surprised, "Longxi is barren and sparsely populated, even if the people have food, they may not have enough to eat, so they will sell it to me." ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said with a smile: "In front of our eyes, there is a big granary!" Why don't you think about it? ”

"The big granary? You mean? Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and his thoughts suddenly opened, under Zhang Lu's many years of management, Hanzhong's reserves of grain and grass can be said to be extremely sufficient.

Zhang Lu even built a righteous house in many places in Hanzhong where passers-by could ask for food at will, and this alone can be seen how much food Zhang Lu has.

"The military advisor means that I want to exchange the property I brought back for Zhang Lu's grain, but although Zhang Lu has a lot of grain, he may not be willing to sell it to me, besides, even if he is willing to sell, Shu Road is difficult, how long will it take for this grain and grass to be transported to Longxi?"

Lu Bu thought about it a few times and felt that although this strategy was good, it was still very difficult to implement.

"The lord doesn't have to worry too much, as long as the lord buys Yang Ren and Yang Song, are you still afraid that Zhang Lu will not sell grain, as for the difficult problem of Shu Dao, I have already thought about it, therefore, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, and we will send someone into Hanzhong tomorrow to buy grain with Zhang Lu."

"This matter of buying grain needs a person who can speak and argue, and his mind needs to be flexible, so leave it to Wen He to find a way, let's talk about how to eliminate Xu Rong quickly, this matter must be fast, and Ma Han must not be given time to react."