After staying in Quanzhou for a few days, Zhao Xing left with his men and horses, and went all the way to the northwest, not returning to Yuyang along the same road, but directly diagonally to Youzhou Dai County, preparing to meet the family sending group in Dong Anyang, Dai County, and then cross Gaoliu into Jin Guoping City, and return to Crouching Tiger City before Chinese New Year's Eve.

As early as the beginning of October, Zhuge Liang returned to Luoyang from Xiangyang. Soon after his arrival in Luoyang, a huge plan against the Jin state had already begun, and as part of the plan, there were two secret letters written by Liu Bei to Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Because of his desire to defeat Zhao Xing, Zhuge Liang finally told Liu Bei about some poisonous plans proposed by Sima Yi, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to be amazed after hearing it, without the slightest expression of conscience. Zhuge Liang sighed in his heart, Liu Bei turned out to be a ruthless guy.

According to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Zhao Xing is now active in the Youzhou area with great fanfare, which is nothing more than trying to paralyze the nerves of some people, and carry out the trick of repairing the plank road in the bright and Chen Cang in the dark. But if the imperial court will plan and see Zhao Xing operating in the east, they will light a fire in the west, which will definitely make the Jin State busy for a while, and their final plan can be suddenly launched when the Xiliang Rebellion rises to achieve the expected effect.

In other words, inciting Ma Teng or Han Sui to rebel is just a trick, once Zhao Xing's attention turns to Liangzhou, or even goes to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion in person, then the next actions of the imperial court will be carried out smoothly, causing Zhao Xing to be caught off guard.

Liu Bei's letter to Ma Teng wrote: "The Ma family, since General Fubo, has been loyal to the Han court, guarding the border passes, and doing their best. If the general learns that he has lost his way and secretly plots to the imperial court to expel the Jin forces from Liangzhou, then the imperial court will place the position of general of Zhenxi in Ru, and the land of Liangzhou will be ruled by the general in the future. ”

Liu Bei's letter not only reprimanded Ma Teng fiercely, but also gave Ma Teng a blank cake, which may not necessarily make Ma Teng's heart move, but as long as it can shake Ma Teng's mind, it can be regarded as achieving the goal. The key to this strategy of killing two birds with one stone is in the second letter written by Liu Bei to Han Sui.

Liu Bei's letter to Han Sui was completely different from the one written to Ma Teng. Liu Bei pointed out that Han Sui was a man with great ambitions, and he was supposed to be a pillar of the Han family, but because he was held hostage by the rebel Qiang people, he finally embarked on the road of confronting the imperial court, and later surrendered to Ma Teng because he was desperate. Now there is a big opportunity in front of Han Sui, as long as Han Sui can instigate Ma Teng to fight against Zhao Xing, or pull out a team of people to abandon the secret and surrender to the light, the court will regard Han Sui as a loyal minister, not only to increase the official to the knighthood, but also to let Han Sui be in charge of the political affairs and military affairs of Xiliang County in the future.

For Han Sui, Liu Bei's letter really hit his soft underbelly. The reason why he didn't let Dong Zhuo, who was strong, not take refuge, but went to Ma Teng, who only had one county, was that Han Sui was used to being the boss himself, so he would rather be reused under Ma Teng than be buried under Dong Zhuo.

Liu Bei's two letters were carried by two of Wang Yue's right-hand men and sent to Wuwei in Liangzhou successively. In order to prevent the secret letter from being intercepted, not only did the two people who sent the letter not know that the tasks they were tasked with were actually similar, but even the time of departure was divided into front and back, so it was difficult to find out even if the Shadow Team members were very powerful.

The first person to receive the secret letter was Ma Teng, and when he read the letter, he just said nothing with a solemn face, neither scolded the messenger who sent the letter to sow discord, nor immediately showed his willingness to cooperate with the imperial court.

Don't blame Ma Teng for hesitating, he only married his daughter Ma Yunluo to Yuyang a few days ago, and even his eldest son Ma Chao went to Yuyang, even if he has any thoughts in his heart, he has to think about the safety of his eldest daughter and eldest son. What's more, now the strength of the Jin State is stronger than a year, and even the Liang Kingdom has become strong and strong after more than a year of recuperation, Liu Bei said it soundly, but the imperial court did not even provide a single soldier or a horse, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands alone shouted at Zhao Xing, which was to kill himself.

Ma Teng said in a deep voice to the messenger who sent the letter: "I already know the good intentions of Xuande. However, this matter is very important, so I should not be careful, and I will be allowed to discuss more with my subordinates. ”

When the messenger saw Ma Teng say this, he understood in his heart that Ma Teng was going to use the "procrastination trick", and he was not angry, but just nodded, indicating that he understood Ma Teng's distress.

After sending Liu Bei's envoy away, Ma Teng felt a little entangled and uneasy, so he called Han Sui and Pang De to discuss the matter secretly.

Last time, the hero Wang Yue personally came to Wuwei to persuade Ma Teng, but he returned in vain. At that time, Han Sui advocated turning to the imperial court, while Pang De and Ma Chao thought that they should act cautiously, and Ma Teng finally listened to Ma Chao and Pang De's opinions, and as a result, he escaped safely. This time, Ma Chao naturally did not come forward to interfere with his father because he escorted his sister Ma Yunluo to Yuyang, and it is really hard to say whether Ma Teng will listen to Han Sui's opinion or Pang De's opinion.

Ma Teng handed the secret letter to Pang De and Han Sui to read it, and then said: "The imperial court has lobbied me three times and twice to break away from the control of the Jin Kingdom and occupy the land of Xiliang alone, but I don't know what the intention is. Do you think we can be sure of success if we start something now?"

Pound muttered a few words in his heart, feeling that what Ma Teng said was inconsistent and difficult to answer. In the front, he was still suspicious of the court's sinister intentions in using him as a gunman, but in the back, he was a little unwilling to ask what chance the rebel Zhao Xing could win, this hesitant mentality was really dangerous, and if he didn't get it right, he would offend both Zhao Xing and the court.

Pang De said: "I think it is not advisable to launch a mutiny, we should continue to make good friends with the Jin State, consolidate our own territory and strength, and wait until the imperial court and the Jin State completely turn their faces, and it is not too late for us to make a choice." ”

Ma Teng nodded, feeling that Pang De's suggestion was simple and easy, and still adhered to the strategy of waiting and seeing, if the Jin State was in an advantage, then continue to follow the Jin State, if the Jin State was forced to a dead end by the imperial court, then when the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, Xiliang just took advantage of it.

Han Sui on the side also felt that Pang De's suggestion was more secure, so he did not say anything this time to suggest that Ma Teng rebel immediately.

After the three of them had a secret discussion, Han Sui and Pang De left the Ma Teng Mansion and returned to their own mansions. Han Sui had something in his heart, so he went directly to his study, hoping to calm his mood. Han Sui thought in his heart why Ma Teng's luck was so good, but at the beginning, he was besieged by several forces, and no one came to woo and use him, if it weren't for this, today, he wouldn't have to live under Ma Teng's wings, and he couldn't live up or down.

Han Sui pushed open the door of the study, and when he looked up, he found that a stranger was already waiting in the room. So he said in a deep voice: "I wonder why this strong man is hiding in my study?"