When Zhao Xing was still meeting Zhang Yan, Han Sui, who was thousands of miles away, was secretly plotting something with several of his old subordinates.

A few days ago, Han Sui sent people to secretly contact the Qiang tribe of Shaodang to the west of Wuwei, where many Qiang people rebelled with Han Sui at the beginning, and because they were desperate, they fled to the area near Qinghai Lake, where they temporarily settled. Han then promised heavy profits, instigated these Qiang people who were accustomed to rebellion to gather together, make a big noise around Wuwei County, and make a false appearance of intending to attack Wuwei, and then suggested that Ma Teng let Pang De lead 10,000 cavalry of the Xiaoguo Battalion to quell the rebellion.

Ma Teng didn't know that this was Han Sui's conspiracy, and just transferred the unhappy Pang De out of Guzang, and felt that he could take advantage of Ma Chao and Pang De's absence to carry out a thorough purge of his army.

After Pang De led the army away, Han Sui invited his old subordinates Cheng Gongying and his son-in-law Yan Xing to the mansion late one night to conspire.

Han Sui spoke first: "Now that there is a great achievement in front of us, I wonder if Gongying and Yanming dare to take it with me?"

Cheng Gongying first replied: "The general treats me like a heart, and he has been taking care of me for many years, but if he has an order, how dare he disobey!"

Yan Xing then said: "Father-in-law doesn't need to say much, the son-in-law swears to follow left and right!"

"Okay! Since the two of you are so loyal, I will tell everyone about this meritorious service!" Han Sui clapped his hands, and suddenly gave birth to a lot of pride.

After listening to Han Sui's remarks on opposing Ma Zili, the two were very surprised, but they did not show fear or hesitation.

Cheng Gongying said: "Now Ma Chao and Pang De are no longer at ease, although Ma Teng's subordinates have Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan, Yang Qiu and other eight capable generals, but they are respectively in the left, middle and right armies, if the plan is right, or coercion and temptation, or secretly get rid of, then the Xiliang right army and the Chinese army can fall into our hands!"

Yan Xing continued: "Recently, the purging and rectification of the various armies has made the officers and soldiers panic, if the father-in-law can control Ma Teng, and then take out the imperial decree to ascend and shout, then great things can be expected!"

After listening to the statements of his two henchmen, Han Sui was in a good mood, and said with a ruthless face: "Success or failure, all of them are in this battle, and I hope that Gongying and Yanming will work with me and go to life and death together!"

"The last general (son-in-law) is the only one who looks at the general's horse!" the two replied in unison.

Subsequently, Han Sui informed the two of the next plan of action, and a conspiracy against Ma Teng was officially launched.

In the second half of the night, Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing quietly returned to their respective Xiaokang Battalion and Xiaocai Battalion, except for the sentry on duty who saw the two bigwigs return late at night, the rest of the people were asleep, and there was nothing abnormal.

In the darkness, a pair of bright eyes could clearly see the abnormal behavior of the two, this person was Yang Jiashao, who had been lurking under Han Sui's tent for many years.

On the second day, Peng Jian, who came to deliver daily necessities to the Xiaokang Battalion on behalf of Ma Teng, casually asked the commanders of various departments in the Xiaokang Battalion to come to check the list of military supplies, and Yang Jiashao was also among them.

On the third day, Jia Xu added two pieces of information to his desk, the first one was about the suspicion that there were mysterious people hidden in Ma Teng and Yan Xing's mansion: after repeated spying and observation, it was suspected that strangers had entered Ma Teng's mansion and Han Sui's mansion, and they were strictly covered up by the two, making it difficult to find out the true face.

The second letter is about the abnormal behavior of Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing: Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing returned late at night, and they were suspected of having a secret meeting with Han Sui. Cheng Gongying was Han Sui's old ministry and had always been regarded as his confidant, and Yan Xing was Han Sui's son-in-law and had a close relationship with him. Now Pang De is leading the army outside, Han Sui leads the right army alone, and Yan Xing acts as the Chinese army, I am afraid that there will be a mutiny!

Jia Xu, who received these two secret reports, was very satisfied with the sharpness and alertness of the Shadow Crew. Although Peng Jian did not say enough in the intelligence, patting his chest to ensure that he had found the mysterious person, Jia Xu already had an accurate judgment. And Peng Jian's speculation that there might be a mutiny in the Xiliang army in the near future is even more consistent with Jia Xu's analysis and judgment.

So Jia Xu immediately ordered someone to send an urgent letter to Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er, who had left Gaoping City, so that the two of them could be ready to quell the rebellion of the Liangzhou army at any time.

Before finally launching a mutiny, Han Sui met with the secret envoy sent by Liu Bei again, and bluntly said that he needed a will of the imperial court, and it was better to take over Ma Teng's old ministry in the past, otherwise it would be difficult to suppress Ma Teng's unruly subordinates.

Han Sui's move is not only justified, but also a cautious approach of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles. In case he rebelled at that time, and as a result, the imperial court killed two birds with one stone and refused to admit it, then he would have to face the anger of Zhao Xing and Ma Chao alone, and even die in the Western Regions.

Seeing that Han Sui was so cunning, the secret envoy did not break it in person, but said very simply: "This matter is easy to say, this is a secret edict stamped with the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, on the day of the mutiny, you can take it out to stabilize people's hearts!"

Zhuge Liang, who had no last resort, had long expected Han Sui's capriciousness and cunning, and suggested in advance that Liu Bei ask the emperor for a decree to entitle Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi and the governor of Liangzhou!

Han Sui, who received the edict of the Son of Heaven, was even more emboldened, and stepped up the deployment of the action of imprisoning Ma Teng and seizing military power. Han Sui knew that the rebellion of the Qiang people could only contain Pang De for a short time, and they were definitely not the opponents of the elite cavalry of Xiliang, and the success or failure of the matter was only in these few days.

After a few more days, Han Sui made arrangements together, so he came to report to Ma Teng and said: "Now that the battalions have been cleaned and rectified, the army will only be the head of the general in the future!"

Ma Teng was very happy after hearing this, and greatly praised Han Sui's intentions, and he would definitely not be disadvantaged by his words in the future, but he didn't know that people had already put the knife on his neck.

Han Sui continued quietly: "Although the battalions are now pure and solid, there are some soldiers who have not been implicated who are worried that they will be punished in the future, so that the morale of the army is a little unstable. It is recommended that the general personally go to the armies to offer condolences and comfort, so that these frightened soldiers will no longer be worried!"

"Okay, according to the words of the text, the day after tomorrow, I will personally go to the battalions to comfort my subordinates, and first go to the Chinese army Xiaocai battalion!" Ma Teng accepted Han Sui's suggestion without doubt.

Because Ma Teng wanted to go to his subordinates, he naturally had to prepare a batch of wine and meat for the labor army, and this matter naturally fell on Peng Jian, the shrewd and capable second manager. As for the old and faint housekeeper, now he is just staying in the Ma Mansion to spend his old age in peace, and he can't afford to compete with the young and strong Peng Jian for favor and power.

Taking advantage of the moment of going out to buy supplies for the labor army, Peng Jian quickly summoned a number of shadow team members who had already been on standby in Guzang City, and asked them to pass on the important information that Ma Teng was going to the army to condolence immediately, and immediately began to prepare for the rescue work after Ma Teng left.