"General Han, don't worry, I am a secret envoy sent by Lord Liu Xuande, the imperial court captain, and I have come here to deliver a letter, and there is no malice!" said the messenger hiding in Han Sui's study, and it really didn't seem to have any malice.

Han Sui has always been alert and cautious, afraid that this person was sent by Ma Teng to test him, so he still made a righteous and awe-inspiring look and said: "Presumably Liu Tingwei must have made a mistake, I am a general under General Ma Shoucheng, if there is anything, please ask the secret envoy to meet General Ma in person, don't make people talk about me here!"

Seeing that Han Sui was so alert, the secret envoy couldn't help but nod secretly, thinking that Han Sui was a person who could get things done, so he said: "General Han is shrewd and cautious, and he should be like this for self-protection." But I am not sent by Ma Teng to test you, here is a secret letter written by Lord Liu himself, after reading it, you decide how to deal with Yu Wu, and you will never resist. ”

Han Sui suspiciously picked up the secret letter that had already been placed on his desk, retreated to the door, then opened the envelope and took out the letter, and slowly looked at the letter through the dim light in the courtyard.

After reading Liu Bei's handwritten letter, Han Sui was already able to determine that the person who came was indeed not sent by Ma Teng to test him, but a secret envoy sent by Liu Bei. Because the handwriting on the letter was exactly the same as the one he saw in Ma Teng's mansion, and more importantly, the content of the letter echoed the previous one, and in some places it was more explicit and explicit, obviously not like a deliberate attempt to test the tone of others.

Han Sui thought that after taking refuge in Ma Teng, he never showed a trace of disloyalty and the intention of setting up another mountain, even if Ma Teng was suspicious of himself at first, after so many years of getting along, he has become Ma Teng's trusted confidant, and he is consulted about everything, and he is no longer on the original defense.

Since it was certain that the person who came was a secret envoy sent by Liu Bei, Han Sui lowered his guard, closed the door of the study, came to the middle of the house, lit the oil lamp, and invited the secret envoy to sit down and talk.

Han Sui said: "I have no soldiers under me now, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the trust of Lord Liu!"

The secret envoy replied: "General Han is very wise, and he must not be presumptuous. Moreover, Lord Liu pointed out to General Han two paths, encouraging Ma Teng to raise troops against Jin or General Han to set up his own door, as long as one of the two is sufficient. If General Han has another amazing trick that can make Ma Teng's cavalry take away military power after you, it will be even more ideal. ”

Han Sui asked again: "How can I know that Lord Liu did not kill people with a knife, but crossed the river and demolished the bridge after the matter was completed?"

The secret envoy smiled and said: "Lord Han is too worried, once the matter is completed, the imperial court will definitely be used for you, how can you sit back and ignore Zhao Xing's allies?"

Han Sui didn't ask any more questions, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, and he said to the secret envoy: "This matter is too extensive to be done overnight, and I also ask the secret envoy to give me some more time." ”

Two days later, Han Sui went to Ma Fu to meet Ma Teng in person, and Pang De was naturally no longer around.

Han Sui said to Ma Teng: "I have thought about it repeatedly in the past few days, and I feel that it is more appropriate for the general to follow the imperial court. ”

Ma Teng's face showed a look of dismay, and he reprimanded Han Sui and said, "Didn't we already agree on this matter a few days ago?

Han Sui replied without changing his face: "It's just because I didn't expect the fate of Ding Jianyang (Ding Yuan), Dong Zhongying (Dong Zhuo) and others!"

After hearing Han Sui's words, Ma Teng's heart suddenly chuckled, and he panicked inexplicably. According to Ma Chao, the former majestic Bingzhou Thorn Shi Ding Yuan is now under the custody of Crouching Tiger City, while Dong Zhuo is imprisoned by Zhao Xing on the Baishi Mountain outside Didao City. Zhao Xing did not kill these two people, but the hero was not even as good as a dog at the end of the road, and even the minimum freedom could not be realized, although the Ma family is not facing this situation now, but who knows if Zhao Xing will regard himself as a dissident after winning the world in the future, and eliminate it like Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo at the beginning?

Han Sui saw that Ma Teng's face was getting more and more ugly, so he added fuel to the fire and said: "The most ruthless emperor family, whether it is the imperial court or Zhao Xing, it is not credible, only the soldiers and horses in the hands of the general are the foundation of our foothold! Now the generals under the command of the general, there are many people who are not clearly connected with the Jin State, and it will not be dangerous in the long run!"

Han Sui's words shocked Ma Teng again. Nowadays, there are many soldiers in the Western Liang Army who are brothers and sisters with the Jin army stationed in the Liang State, and even Pang De, the first favorite general under his command, is also closely related to Zhang Liao, and often writes to each other; and the three thousand iron cavalry around the eldest son Ma Chao have been trained in the Jin State for more than half a year, and all the Jin State cavalry standard equipment has deep feelings for the Jin State. According to Han Sui's analysis, I am afraid that in the long run, the army under Ma Teng's command will run with the Jin State and will no longer be under his own command.

After figuring out the joints, Ma Teng said to Han Sui with a cold face: "What I said today must not be known to others! No matter which side Xiliang defects to in the future, the top priority is to clean up and rectify the army, remove those generals who are not clearly connected with the Jin State from key positions, and ensure the purity and consolidation of the Xiliang army!"

Han Sui heard Ma Teng's words, and was secretly happy in his heart, and said, "I don't know what General Pang Lingming will do?"

Ma Teng sighed, and then said: "Ling Mingxian's nephew has been doing his best since he defected to me, and he has never shown any disloyalty, even if he has a close relationship with some generals in the Jin army, it is understandable. After that, the Xiliang Army will be divided into three parts: left, middle and right, Ling Ming will lead the left, and Wen will ask you to lead the right......"

Soon after Ma Teng met Han Sui, the Xiliang army began a clean-up and rectification without warning. Many grass-roots generals who had a close relationship with the Jin State and liked to say good things about the Jin State and Zhao Xing were transferred from the original army by Han Sui to form a new army or other excuses; and the entire Xiliang Army was also split and reorganized in accordance with Ma Teng's orders, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses were divided into three parts, the left part was called the "Xiaoguo Battalion", which was led by Pang De, the right part was called the "Xiao Dare Battalion", which was led by Han Sui, and the Chinese army was called the "Xiao Cavalry Battalion", which was led by Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao.

Pound had always been loyal to Ma Teng, and he had no objection to such an adjustment, he only thought that Ma Teng was to strengthen the control of the troops, and did not suspect that someone was making trouble. As the lord, being able to hand over the command of the most combat-effective one-third of the regular army under his command to himself, Pang De felt that he was enough, after all, Han Sui's ability to lead troops was not bad, and Ma Chao's ability was even more powerful. Pang De even thought with great longing that in the future, the three of them would be able to lead the Xiliang army soon, and they would definitely be able to invade the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions soon, and beat the foreign ministers of Fanbang who were subjugated to the Han Dynasty in the past, but now they no longer called them ministers and tributes, and returned to the control of the Han people.

Han Sui acted secretively, so that the commander of the army, Pang De, did not notice anything unusual, but for those who had been specially trained, it was easy to find some signs of a change in wind direction.

Peng Jian, the second housekeeper in Ma Teng's mansion, Yang Jiashao, a middle-level general under Han Sui's account, and Yue Yun, a personal guard officer beside Pang De, have been watching from the sidelines and not saying a word about what has happened in Ma Teng's mansion and the Xiliang army in recent days.

Although the three of them were all born in the Shadow Headquarters, and they have been training and living with Zhao Xing since they were children, they have always adhered to the principles of being undercover agents, and have never revealed any yearning for Zhao Xing and the Jin Kingdom in front of others, even if someone insults Zhao Xing in front of them, several of them will calmly let it go.

Because of this, even someone as cunning as Han Sui did not find out that the identities of several people were suspicious, so it also laid the groundwork for the next secret war......