Han Sui rushed all the way, met Cheng Gongying, who had rushed from Zhaowu, and arrived near Shandan before dawn, and then Han Sui took Yan Xing, Li Chen, and Cheng Yin straight to the city gate.

"Who's under the city?"

"This official is Zhang Ye Taishou Han Sui, because Ma Teng and Zhang Liao attacked Zhangye City, Zhangye City was broken, and now he rushed to General Xu Rong for help, and quickly opened the door 1

The defenders of the city were shocked when they heard this, but they had not lost their sense of proportion, on the one hand, they sent people to report to Xu Rong quickly, but they still refused to open the city easily.

"Is there any trust? Why didn't I see Mr. Zhang, and there was no letter coming? ”

"Naturally, there is faith, you put down the hanging blue. As for Lord Zhang, the jade was already burned when the city was broken, and because the enemy army was attacking at night, and there were strangers who should join forces inside and outside, the city fell very quickly, so it was too late to send a letter to report, and the enemy army was still chasing after him, so he quickly opened the door and let me and wait inside1

"Huh!? Still chasing soldiers behind? How far is it? The guard of the city asked as he put down the hanging blue, and Han Sui put his seal in it.

"It's not far, it should be 1 in a moment

Before Han Sui's words fell, the disaster was >not settled, and the guards in the city saw that there were only about 200 people in the city, and their clothes and armor seemed to be a little tattered, and there were still traces of blood, so they believed it and the patient opened the city gate!

When the city gate opened, Han Sui and Yan Xing swarmed in, and as soon as several generals entered the city gate, they shouted, and the sharp blades in their hands flew, instantly slaughtering the soldiers under the city. He then slammed the ramp up the rampart, killing the guards who were about to sound the alarm and smashing the Dragonstone's mechanism.

When Xu Rong rushed to the city gate. Xu Rong immediately beckoned the remnants of the army to retreat to the east gate, while gathering and commanding troops to set up obstacles along the road to block the pursuers, and ordered the troops in the city to break through to the east gate, and the defenders of the city also gathered along the city wall to the east!

After most of the troops were concentrated, Xu Rong ordered people to set fire to the streets. Then he took the opportunity to evacuate the east gate with his army, and retreated towards Rile City in a panic, but Han Sui did not chase after him.

Han Sui's purpose was not to kill and injure Xu Rong's troops. At this time, even if Xu Rong was wiped out, it would be meaningless for Han Sui to regain control of the territory in the south of Zhangye, let alone invade Wuwei. Because in the blink of an eye. The armies of Ma Teng, Zhang Liao and Sima Fang will come to encircle and suppress themselves, so Han Sui has only one purpose, that is, to obtain a large amount of grass in Shandan, and then lead the troops through Hexi County to surrender to Lu Bu!

Lu Bu is now Han Sui's only choice, and it is also the result of Han Sui's repeated thinking. If there was no Ma Teng, Han Sui would definitely choose to take refuge in Fang Zhiwen, but Ma Teng had already established a good relationship with Fang Zhiwen. After turning against Ma Teng, he obviously can't be in the same camp with Ma Teng anymore.

As for Sima Fang, it is even worse. Sima Fang didn't trust Han Sui in the first place, and now that Zhang Ji is dead, no matter what the reason, Sima Fang will not continue to reuse and trust Han Sui.

There are actually not many options left, among them, the best and most recent choices are Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu, no matter how stupid people know, since they are going to send people to the fence, they must be looking for a more famous one, let Dingtao Tianzi not vote, can it not be possible to vote for Gongsun Zan, a small prince? If Fang Zhiwen wrote a letter at that time and asked Gongsun Chan to hand it over, Gongsun Chan might really sell Han Sui.

After making up his mind, Han Sui launched a sneak attack on Xu Rong very decisively, and sure enough, Han Sui, who had grain and grass, quickly gathered his troops, and gathered the troops of Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, Yang Qiu, Cheng Gongying, and Yan Xing in Shandan, plus Cheng Yin and Li Chen, who had been following Han Sui, quickly entered the Gobi eastward after a little rectification.

Ma Teng and Zhang Liao didn't spend a single soldier, they picked up the four cities of Zhangye, Zhaowu, Di Ta, and Shandan in vain, and nearly 600,000 people fell into their hands.

"Xu Junshi can conquer the city without using swords and guns, and the last general is really admired1

Although Ma Teng's words are flattering, they are also sincere, and this kind of sycophant that is not a sycophant is the highest state of compliments.

Zhang Liao also nodded in agreement, Xu Shu shook his head with a smile and said, "It's just a fluke, but the matter is not over yet1."

"Not done yet? Do we continue to attack Xu Rong? In this case."

"No, General Ma misunderstood, isn't it meaningless to do what we did in front of us? I mean, General Ma had better be prepared to continue to take over the other cities in Zhangye County1

"Huh? How could it be1 Ma Chao asked with a surprised face.

Zhang Liaoleng paused, turned his head to look at the map, and then suddenly said, "Master Military Master is saying that Han Sui will attack Wuwei and Xuanwei City?" ”

"Whether he attacks or not, he will definitely leave from here, what do you think Xu Rong will do? If you lose Zhangye, it will be unfavorable to the war, and if you even lose Wuwei, it will be a dereliction of duty, so Xu Rong will definitely be busy returning to the army to defend Wuwei and Xuanwei now, at least chasing Han Sui to prevent Han Sui from letting go of these two cities. ”

Ma Teng nodded again and again, and Ma Chao was even more admirable!

"Then we just need to take it over in the name of pursuing Han Sui?"

"What General Ma said is that we are just going to pursue Han Sui, hehe."

"However, will Han Sui turn around and kill Xu Rong and eat Xu Rong?"

"What's the point of eating Xu Rong? Xu Rong is not a weak person, Shandan's defeat is just Han Sui's trick, if it is a battle, I don't know who wins and who loses? Doing so can only cause losses to his troops, but he will not get any benefits, and Han Sui will not do such a thing. ”

Ma Teng and Ma Chao nodded together, while Zhang Liao looked at the map and frowned.

When Ma Chao saw it, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "General Zhang, why don't you like it?" Isn't it a good thing to get a few cities for nothing? ”

"Hehe, Meng Qi, it's indeed a good thing to get these cities in vain, but you see, your territory has expanded so much all of a sudden, which is equivalent to diluting your troops, and it is not easy to divide your troops to defend such a large place."

Ma Teng also frowned when he heard this, but this was a trouble after the victory, Ma Teng turned his gaze to Xu Shu, which was purely subconscious, because he felt that Xu Shu would definitely have a good idea.

"Hehe, this is simple, as long as Zhangye County is given up1

"Give up!?" Ma Chao asked puzzledly, there are still people who spit out what they ate in their mouths?

"Save people and lose land, people and land will survive! Moreover, it would also be beneficial for General Ma to use Zhangye County as a buffer ground with Sima Fang in the future, unless General Ma believed that Sima Fang would sincerely trust General Ma. ”

"This, I'm afraid it won't work, the last general understands, move the population to Jiuquan, on the one hand, it can enrich Jiuquan County and accelerate the development of Jiuquan County, especially the development along the Huishui River, on the other hand, it can also give Sima Fang a face, and at the same time leave a buffer zone."

"Not only that, it's not nice to say, if General Ma and Sima Fang fall out in the future, can this place become a strategic depth?"

"Strategic depth, but has it been returned to Sima Fang?"

"Yes, as long as you sell this place to the aliens, in doing so, Sima Fang has nothing to say, and it can also be used as a barrier in the future."

"But what if the Inhumans get bigger?"

"Inhumans make it big? With these empty cities? ”

Xu Shu looked at Ma Chao with a smile, Ma Chao scratched his head a little embarrassedly, this sentence was indeed a little lacking in confidence.

Ma Teng smiled silently, stroking his beard and thinking about his thoughts, but the corners of his mouth were always upturned, Zhang Liao glanced at Xu Shu, Xu Shu's idea was not simple, the consequence of this was to draw a gap between Ma Teng and Sima Fang! Zhang Liao secretly sighed in his heart, how could there be so many outstanding people under Fang Zhiwen, if these people were all under Brother Lu, then Brother Lu's achievements might be limitless, it's a pity.

Xu Shu arranged the dispatch of troops for Ma Teng and Zhang Liao, and then sent Ma Teng and his son out of the barracks, and then ordered someone to bring up Ma Yu, Cheng Yi, and candidates who were caught in the previous two battles.

All three were dressed in regular clothes and untied, but they did not look like captives.

"The three of you, please sit down, I invited the three of you here today to ask about the three of your plans, now that Han Sui has escaped, it is estimated that he is going to the Central Plains to join Lu Bu, are the three of you willing to change your course and serve my master?"

The three of them looked at each other, their hearts were very complicated, if Xu Shu asked one by one, maybe they would be better to say something, but in front of their former companions, they were not willing to be disloyal and unrighteous people.

Xu Shu glanced at the three of them, their thoughts were clearly written on their faces, and they couldn't help but smile and said, "Do the three of you think it's disloyal and unrighteous to do this?" Afraid of being ridiculed by the world? ”

"Isn't it? We are all rough men, and I also asked Mr. Xu to teach 1 Cheng Yi is more tactful, and his words are appropriate.

Xu Shu nodded: "I don't dare to advise, but let's talk about the suggestions below, for the three of you to refer to?" ”

"Sir, please say 1

Cheng Yi replied, and the candidate and Ma Yu nodded reluctantly, and invariably glanced at Cheng Yi in unison.

"The three of them are all soldiers, they can grow from a soldier to a general, and there is naturally Han Sui's wisdom pearl, this is the friendship between you and Han Sui, as well as the grace of reward, is it right?"

"That's right, shouldn't we repay the lord, but find another higher position?"

"Everyone, no matter how you say it now, you are also a captive, which means that you have failed after being loyal to Han Sui, of course, you can also choose to continue to be loyal. Either way, though, it's all a personal friendship. From the perspective of righteousness, Han Sui is just a local warlord, as a soldier, you may have also fought against foreign tribes to protect the territory and the people, but most of the time, you are fighting with your compatriots, and even fighting with the imperial court, so that your relatives and enemies are happy, you have lost your loyalty to the court, to the people, and to the nation, so why do you repeatedly flaunt your loyalty to a little personal friendship? "To be continued ...