Han Sui learned that Yang Qiu's assassination of Lu Bu's envoy failed, but was killed by Ma Chao cleanly, and the head was sent to Chang'an to submit the case to Lu Bu, he knew that between him and Ma Teng and Ma Chao's father and son, there was no possibility of laughing and enmity.

Since then, bad news has come one after another.

Ma Teng was healed by the divine doctor Hua Tuo so that he could get out of bed; Ma Teng decided to go to Chang'an to recuperate, which means that most of the Ma family army led by Ma Chao has already chosen to return to Lu Bu.

Therefore, before the New Year passed, Han Sui was planning, taking advantage of Ma Teng's not yet to Chang'an, and the state army had not yet marched westward, galloped to the aid of Hanyang, and quickly mobilized soldiers and horses from all sides to gather in Xiangwu, so as to defeat the Ma family army led by Ma Chao and take Hanyang with lightning speed.

However, just when his army was arriving from Jincheng and Longxi, he also received the news that Lu Bu had sent troops to Hanyang, and the commander of the state army was the general under Lu Bu's account, Xu Huang of Hedong, and the vanguard general was the former Wei general Li Su.

Defeating Ma Chao in one fell swoop and attacking Hanyang, this plan became unfeasible due to the arrival of the army led by Xu Huang. When he and General Wei Li Su led the army to resist the Kwantung Coalition Army and led the army to conquer Huangfu Song, who occupied Chang'an, he had a lot of friendship, so he thought, can he open a gap from Li Su?

For more than a month, Han Sui and Ma Chao, Xu Huang joined forces, in the field between Xiangwu and Zhengdao, testing each other, each with a victory, Han Sui through the messenger, and Li Su constantly corresponded, he thought he had a plan, but he didn't know at all, Li Su started fighting, Han Sui and Xu Huang, Ma Chao and others together, everyone decided to plan and drag Han Sui here.

Xu Huang has to wait. Naturally, it was the news of Zhang Yan's expeditionary force, once the expeditionary force led by Zhang Yan invaded Jincheng County, the news came, Han Sui would not dare to stay in Xiangwu any longer, at that time, whether Han Sui withdrew the army on a large scale or sent some soldiers back to help, it would be a good opportunity to break the enemy.

Han Sui's response, as Jia Xu said: detour to Anding and Wuwei counties, and copy the back road of Jincheng County. The road is far and difficult, Han Sui must have thought that it was impossible, and when he received the news, it would be too late to adjust the armament.

This is because Jia Xu expected that Han Sui thought he was familiar with the terrain of the mountains and rivers of Xiliang. Lü Bu's merger state army, from top to bottom. None of them are from Xiliang. Categorically, he will not take risks and go around in a big circle, and attack from behind Jincheng County.

After many secret talks with Li Su, Han Sui finally became suspicious in his heart, and sent a messenger again, putting on a jiashi that would not talk anymore.

The moon is in the sky, bright and bright. The silhouette of the distant mountains is fully revealed. Han Sui stood alone at the head of Xiangwu City, looking at the post road like a white streamer, extending into the distance, and traveling less than fifty miles east along the post road. That is, the road that blocked the way of his army.

From time to time, clouds float in the sky, and the full moon is sometimes like a veil of thin veil, wanting to hide, and the night breeze is breezy, which is exceptionally cool and pleasant.

Han Sui's heart was not so light-hearted, but full of helplessness. This time, he gathered a heavy army, if he still couldn't capture the road and open the Hanyang barrier, it would mean that it would be difficult for him to realize his desire to advance eastward.

A Ma Jiajun who was disabled by him can block his way, not to mention the Ma Jiajun who is now supported by Lu Bu in Guanzhong? What's more, Lu Bu also sent a large army to support?

Behind him, the sound of footsteps sounded hurriedly, and in the quiet night, it seemed unusually clear. After a while, the person who came stood still behind Han Sui, knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, Yuzhong is urgent!" ”

Han Sui was startled and turned around.

The urgent report came from Yuzhong, not from Jincheng County, which made him feel a strong uneasiness, and in the blink of an eye, a thought came to him: Could it be that the most unlikely thing has happened?

"Who's reporting it?"

Han Sui still had luck in his heart and asked.

"General Cheng Heng sent someone to report urgently, 100,000 urgent!"

As soon as he heard Cheng Heng's name, Han Sui's heart sank straight down, and when he heard "100,000 urgent", his heart was even more groaning and shattered into the ground.

So much so that his hands trembled involuntarily, and it was only because he was behind him and couldn't see clearly in the moonlight that people thought that he was still calm.

At the very moment, Han Sui took a sharp breath, forced himself to calm down, and said in a deep voice: "Well, return to the account!" ”

At the head of the city, although no one dared to come closer, Han Sui was extremely cautious, for fear that this 100,000 urgent news would be heard by the tent soldiers and spread it, and it would immediately shake the hearts of the army.

Forced to calmly and slowly return to the tent, Han Sui ordered the personal guards to bring the tired messenger, retreated left and right, and asked softly, "Where is General Chengheng's urgent report?" ”

Regardless of his tiredness, the messenger got up and said, "My lord, General Chengheng, there is no time to write a letter, but it is a message from Yu. ”

"Huh?" Han Sui's eyes tightened, and he asked rhetorically, "Oral message?" ”

"Yes!" The messenger replied, "It is a rumor from Wuwei that Lü Bu sent Wuwei Jia Xu to lead his army around Anding County, and has arrived in the territory of Wuwei, and is heading up the river to Yuzhong. ”

"Rumors? Why rumors? ”

Han Sui was puzzled and asked.

"Wuwei Taishou Zhang Ya sent an envoy to Yuzhong and said to General Cheng Heng, I want to see the lord, and I wish only the lord and the horse are the first. But at the same time, there are rumors that the state army has arrived in Wuwei. ”

Hearing this, Han Sui originally had a heart sinking straight down, but now he found that the sinking heart did not hit the ground, but seemed to have fallen into a fog, not distinguishing between east and west, north and south.

If it weren't for the fact that Wuwei was far away from the Central Plains than Jincheng, and the army under his account had always been quite scarce, he couldn't wait to send an army to Wuwei to take Zhang Ya and kill him on the spot.

Now, at this juncture, Zhang Ya will take the initiative to send someone here, what is the purpose of this?

At the same time, the rumors that came out, were they true, or were they tricks to disturb the morale of the army?

Han Sui's heart was full of doubts, and he couldn't figure out what the current situation was.

After being silent for a long time, he still got nothing, so he had to turn his head and ask, "What other news does General Chengheng have?" ”

The messenger replied: "This is all about the matter, and General Cheng Heng does not dare to make his own decisions, so he orders his subordinates to report urgently to the lord for decision." ”

"Decided?"

Han Sui sighed in his heart, with such a few words, how could he decide.

In desperation, he had to order the messenger to rest, and at the same time he had a decision in his heart, so he had to wait and see first, and then make a decision when Yuzhong Chengheng had another military situation.

Just thinking like this, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, Han Sui's brows furrowed, and the heart that had just been put down slightly hung up again.

The guards reported outside the tent, and with Han Sui's approval, they lifted the curtain and entered, followed by the messenger sent by Han Sui to see the Wei general Li Su.

After the guards retreated, Han Sui was anxious, but his face became more and more calm, and he asked, "How is it?" Have you seen General Wei? ”

The messenger replied with a look on his face: "My lord, General Wei has long been dissatisfied with Lu Bu's arbitrariness, and has decided to be the lord and the prince, and has agreed to open the city gate in three days!" ”

"Good!"

Han Sui couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows and shouted.

After staying in Xiangwu for so long, this was the first time he had heard such good news.

If Li Su was the internal response and secretly opened the gate of Xiangwu, Han Sui was very sure that this time he would be able to capture Xiangwu in one fell swoop and open the west gate of Hanyang.

and then took advantage of the victory to approach Ji County, at that time, even if Ma Chao and Xu Huang's combined forces were strong, they could not stop his victorious army.

The more Han Sui thought about it, the more excited he became, pacing back and forth in the big tent of the Chinese army, only then did he calm down his agitated mood, came to the messenger, and asked, "General Wei, what else do you have to say?" ”

"Yes!" The messenger replied, "General Wei wants his subordinates to report to the lord, and when the matter is completed, he will contact the old department in Chang'an City, as well as a group of courtiers, to conspire for a great cause." Just ......"

"Just what?"

"General Wei said that after the matter is completed, he will wear a car and ride the general's seal."

Han Sui couldn't help but smile when he heard this, but he kept sneering in his heart, but after pacing three steps, the words he said were completely different from what he thought in his heart: "Don't say that the general of the chariot cavalry, even if General Wei wants the seal of the hussar general, he can do it." ”

Shocked and delighted, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for Han Sui, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he still cautiously sent another messenger to see Li Su secretly, and after repeatedly confirming that the plan was correct, he was relieved to boldly dispatch troops and prepare for a night attack on Qidao.

The three-day work came in the blink of an eye, during which there was no military information from Yuzhong or even Jincheng, so that Han Sui was convinced that the two things that were urgently reported by the envoy that day, Wuwei was too protective of Zhang Ya, and the detour of the Bingzhou army to Anding and Wuwei, and the expedition to Jincheng were false, and they should not be true.

Although the moon in the sky was missing a corner, it was also very bright, and Han Sui personally led the army out of the city and rushed to the Badge Road fifty miles away by night, preparing to join forces with Li Suli and take the Badger Road.

The army came twenty miles outside the city, and did not go any further, but lurked in the dry river valley next to the post road, waiting for Li Su's signal to open the city gates.

The two armies had been fighting for a long time between Xiangwu and Xiangdao, and the scouts on both sides could only go twenty miles outside the city, and once they crossed the border, they would be killed by the other side.

Seeing that the appointed hour was coming, Han Sui's heart became more and more calm, he was alone with his hands behind his back, looking up at the stars, but all he was thinking about was the secret relationship with Li Su this time.

In his mind, prudence and prudence are crucial at any time, and it was his prudence that allowed him to escape the catastrophe of life and death several times, defeat his opponents, and live to this day.

Now, his old partner and old opponent Ma Teng has been completely abolished by him, and the entire Xiliang can be said to have no opponent for him, if it weren't for Lu Bu coming in with one foot, he would be sure that he would completely control Xiliang within two years.

"Lord!" Someone rushed to the scene and whispered, "The hour has come!" (To be continued......)

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【The Biography of King Lu Bu of Jin】