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Ma Sui's ancestors moved to Ruzhou from Youfufeng County. His grandfather Ma Min was an official in Zuoyuqinwei Cangcao.

His father, Ma Jilong, passed the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty to examine military tactics. He was bold and skilled in military tactics, and served as the governor of Lanzhou and the military envoy of Youzhou.

When Ma Sui was in his early years, he was reading with his brothers. He put down the book and sighed, saying that a hero should make contributions to the world.

Ma Sui was a man of outstanding appearance and demeanor, six feet two inches tall, calm, brave, and resourceful. He had read a wide variety of books and was particularly good at military tactics.

"In the 14th year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Guanglu Qing Jia Xun was sent to guard Fanyang."

"Although Jia Xun agreed with this, he did not take the opportunity to make a plan. The matter was leaked, and An Lushan sent Han Chaoyang to invite Jia Xun."

"Han Chaoyang arrived in Fanyang and talked with Jia Xun, and secretly ambushed warriors and strangled him with bowstrings."

"Ma Sui escaped and went to the Western Hills, where the hermit Xu Yu hid him."

"A month later, Ma Sui came to Pingyuan County via a small road."

"After Pingyuan County fell, he fled to Wei County."

"During the Baoying reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Baoyu, the governor of Zelu, appointed him as the lieutenant of Zhaocheng County."

"At this time, the Huihe army returned home, relying on the merits of helping to recapture Luoyang, and acted recklessly. Sometimes they looted food from warehouses where they passed by, and killed people at will if they were not satisfied with the food they were given."

"Li Baoyu prepared supplies, but his subordinates did not dare to deliver them. Ma Sui volunteered to be in charge of the posthouse affairs. When the Huihe army arrived, he first gave gifts to the commander and agreed on discipline with him. The Huihe army then gave Ma Sui a flag as a symbol and ordered him to kill anyone who disobeyed his orders."

"Ma Sui used death row prisoners to serve him, and killed them if they disobeyed his orders."

"The Huihe soldiers were frightened when they saw this. No one dared to invade or plunder when the army passed by here. Li Baoyu appreciated him even more."

"At the beginning, when the Huihe army returned from the north, they sent their generals An Ke and Shi Changting to lead several hundred soldiers and several thousand recruits to guard Heyang. The treasures looted from Luoyang were all stored in Heyang."

"At this time, Pugu Huai'en sent Xue Song from Xiangzhou and Weizhou to deliver grain and cut off the Yellow River crossing."

"Li Baoyu ordered Ma Sui to go to Xue Song to persuade him, and Xue Song severed his relationship with Pugu Huai'en and obeyed the court. The court then appointed Ma Sui as the military officer of the Zuowuwei."

"Ma Sui later served as the Prince's Secretary, the Imperial Library, and the Military Farm Judge."

"Soon after, he was promoted to the position of Junior Secretary and concurrently the Imperial Censor of the Palace, then the Judge of the Jiedushi and the Assistant Secretary, and finally the Governor of Zhengzhou."

"He encouraged and supervised farming, counted the number of households, and collected taxes once a year, which people found convenient."

"In the fourth year of Dali, Ma Sui was appointed as the governor of Huaizhou."

"After Huaizhou suffered from war and famine, a summer drought occurred that year, and people could not grow crops. Ma Sui worked hard to improve government affairs. He visited the parents of generals and officials, buried the remains that were not buried in the wild, and reduced taxes."

"In the autumn, wild millet grew in the state, and the people mostly relied on it to survive the disaster."

"Li Baoyu was transferred to Fengxiang. Because of the border troubles in Weiyang, Ma Sui was appointed as the governor of Longzhou and concurrently the chief censor."

"There is a road in the west of Longzhou, more than 200 steps wide, which leads to the high mountains. The mountains face Tubo. Every time Tubo invades, they come out from here."

"Sui inspected the terrain, piled up stones and planted trees to block the road, built two gates below, and built a watchtower. It was completed in eight days."

"If you encounter Li Baoyu entering the court, go with Ma Sui."

"Much later, Emperor Daizong of Tang heard of Ma Sui's ability and summoned him, appointing him as the governor of Shangzhou, and concurrently as the chief censor and defense envoy of land and water transport."

"In the tenth year of Dali, the army of Heyang Three Cities mutinied and drove away the governor Chang Xiuming. The court then appointed Ma Sui as the inspector of the left imperial guard, the imperial censor, and the governor of Heyang Three Cities."

"In May of the 11th year of the Dali period, Li Lingyao, the general of Bianzhou, rebelled, occupied the city, cut off the grain transport, and asked to be appointed Jiedushi."

"Emperor Daizong was magnanimous and appointed Li Lingyao as the governor of eight states including Bianzhou and Songzhou."

Su Shi: Li Lingyao refused to accept the appointment, so he secretly colluded with Tian Chengsi, the governor of Weizhou.

Tian Chengsi sent his nephew Tian Yue to lead troops to support Li Lingyao and defeat Liu Qia, the general of the Yongping Army.

Daizong ordered Ma Sui and Huaixi Jiedushi Li Zhongchen to join forces to defeat Li Lingyao.

Li Zhongchen was afraid of the rebels, so he burned his tent and fled westward.

Ma Sui persuaded him to return to the army and asked to serve as the vanguard. He defeated Tian Yue and approached Bianzhou.

Li Zhongchen marched along the south bank of the Bian River, and Ma Sui marched along the north bank of the Bian River, and they defeated Li Lingyao's general Zhang Qing at Xilianggu.

Li Lingyao selected 8,000 elite soldiers and called them the Starving Army; Ma Sui led his army alone to defeat them and advance to Junyi.

At that time, the Heyang Army was the strongest among all the armies.

Tian Chengsi then sent Tian Yue to lead 20,000 troops to rescue Li Lingyao. They defeated Yongping general Du Rujiang, invaded Caozhou, defeated Li Zhengji's mobile army, and routed the armies of Liu Qia, Zhangsun Quanxu and others. They took advantage of the victory to advance to within 30 miles of Bianzhou and advanced in battle array.

Li Zhongchen gathered the armies of Songzhou, Huainan and western Zhejiang, and fought against Tian Yue but was defeated. He asked Ma Sui for help. Ma Sui led 4,000 soldiers and defeated Tian Yue unexpectedly. Tian Yue escaped alone.

After Li Lingyao learned that Tian Yue was defeated, he led a hundred cavalrymen to escape the next day. Bianzhou surrendered and Ma Sui gave the credit to Li Zhongchen.

Li Zhongchen was of hot temper, and Ma Sui did not want to enter Bianzhou City, so he led his troops to Banqiao to set up camp.

After Li Zhongchen entered the city, he took all the credit and took the opportunity to kill Li Senghui, the governor of Songzhou. Ma Sui then returned to Heyang.

In June of the 14th year of the Dali period, Ma Sui was appointed Acting Minister of Works, Yin of Taiyuan, Governor of Beidu, and Acting Governor of Hedong Jiedushi. Soon he was appointed Jiedushi of Hedong.

Since the previous governor of Taiyuan, Bao Fang, was defeated in the Battle of Baijing, the army was weak. Ma Sui summoned the servants of all the generals and officials, and got several thousand people, and recruited them as cavalry. After several months of training, they became elite cavalry.

He ordered that armor be divided into three grades according to length, to be equivalent to the soldiers' clothes, so as to facilitate movement.

They also made military chariots, covered them with leather with painted patterns of Suanni, and installed halberds at the back of the chariots. They were used to transport weapons and armor when marching, and to form camp formations when camping. Sometimes they would block dangerous places to prevent enemy attacks. Their weapons were very sharp.

After a year, 30,000 troops were gathered together to practice battle formations on the parade ground, and to teach them the tactics of advancing, retreating, attacking and defending.

In June of the second year of Jianzhong during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty, Ma Sui came to the capital to pay homage to the emperor and was promoted to Acting Minister of War. The court ordered him to return to Taiyuan.

At the beginning, Weizhou Jiedushi Tian Yue took over the leadership of the army from Tian Chengsi. He was afraid that his generals would not submit to him, so he pretended to submit. Ma Sui's memorial revealed that he would definitely rebel and that they should be on guard against him first.

That year, Tian Yue indeed conspired with Zibo-Qing Jiedushi Li Zhengji and Chengde Jiedushi Li Weiyue to rebel. He personally led 30,000 troops to besiege Xingzhou, and went to Linming himself to build two city walls to isolate the inside and outside and block reinforcements.

Li Hong, the defender of Xingzhou, and Zhang Yi, the defender of Linming, both held their positions firmly and were not breached.

The Zhaoyi Army asked the court for help, and Dezong hurriedly issued an edict ordering Ma Sui to lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry to join forces with Li Baozhen, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army, and Li Sheng, the military commander of the Shence Army, to rescue Linming.

When Ma Sui's army passed through the mountain pass, before the army passed the dangerous area, he sent someone to send a letter to Tian Yue and expressed his friendship. Tian Yue thought that Ma Sui was afraid of him.

In November, Ma Sui led his army to Handan. Tian Yue sent an envoy, who was killed by Ma Sui. He then sent troops to defeat one of Tian Yue's troops and shot and killed Wei Bo general Cheng Xuanzhi.

Tian Yue attacked Linming himself and sent General Yang Chaoguang to lead 10,000 soldiers. Two camps were set up in the east and west of Shuanggang, south of Linming, to resist Ma Sui. "Ma Sui led Li Baozhen and Li Sheng to advance and set up camp between the two camps."

"That night, the soldiers in the eastern camp fled back to Tian Yue. The next day, Ma Sui marched to Mingshan and set up camp, occupying the abandoned camp and placing military supplies."

"Tian Yue then sent 5,000 reinforcements from Li Weiyue of Hengzhou to reinforce Yang Zhaoguang. Ma Sui led his troops to attack Yang Zhaoguang, and Tian Yue brought more than 10,000 troops to reinforce him."

"Ma Sui ordered Generals Li Ziliang and Li Fengguo to lead the cavalry to join the Shen Ce Army to resist at Shuanggang. Li Ziliang and others repelled Tian Yue."

"Ma Sui ordered the launch of a fire train to burn Yang Zhaoguang's camp, killing Yang Zhaoguang and General Lu Zichang, beheading more than 5,000 people and capturing more than 800 people alive."

"Stay for five days, advance to Linming, and Tian Yue will lead the entire army to join the battle."

"Ma Sui personally led his elite troops to resist the vanguard, engaging in battles more than a hundred times. The soldiers fought to the death, and Tian Yue's army was defeated. More than 10,000 heads were beheaded, 900 people were captured alive, and 300,000 hu of grain and weapons and armor were seized."

"Tian Yue gathered the defeated soldiers and fled at night, and the siege of Xingzhou was lifted. He was promoted to You Pushe for his merits."

"Before the battle, Ma Sui swore to his soldiers that he would use his private wealth to reward them after the victory."

"After the victory, Ma Sui used all his wealth to reward his soldiers and generals."

"Emperor Dezong praised him and issued an edict to offer a reward of 50,000 strings of cash and return Ma Sui's wealth."

"Soon after, he was appointed as the Recruiting Envoy of Wei Bo."

"In the first month of the third year of Jianzhong, Tian Yue asked for help from Li Na, the governor of Zibo and Qinghai, and Li Weiyue, the governor of Chengde. Li Na sent General Wei Jun to lead an army of 10,000 to rescue Tian Yue, and Li Weiyue also sent 3,000 soldiers to rescue him."

"Tian Yue gathered more than 20,000 scattered soldiers and built a fortress on the Huan River. The Zibo-Qingdao army was stationed to the east of him, and the Chengde army was stationed to the west of him, supporting each other."

"Ma Sui led the troops to march and stationed in Ye County, and requested to send more troops to Heyang. Emperor Dezong of Tang issued an edict ordering Heyang Jiedushi Li Peng to lead troops to join them."

"The Tang army was stationed by the Zhang River. Tian Yue sent General Wang Guangjin to lead troops to guard Changqiao and build a wall to defend it, so that the Tang army could not cross the river."

"Ma Sui connected hundreds of military vehicles with iron chains downstream to block the river, and filled bags filled with soil to block the water. The water became slightly shallower, and all the troops crossed the river."

"At this time, the Tang army was short of food, and Tian Yue held his ground and did not fight, wanting to wait until the Tang army ran out of food."

"Ma Sui ordered the troops to take ten days' worth of food and station at Cangkou, where they would confront Tian Yue across the Huan River."

"Ma Sui then built three bridges across the Huan River and challenged Tian Yue every day. Tian Yue did not dare to fight."

"The Hengzhou army was outnumbered and fearful of being annihilated by Ma Sui, so they moved their troops to join Tian Yue."

"Tian Yue thought that Ma Sui would challenge again tomorrow, so he ambushed 10,000 troops to kill Ma Sui."

"Ma Sui ordered all the troops to eat in the middle of the night, beat drums and blow trumpets before the cockcrow, and quietly marched along the Huan River straight to Weizhou."

"He also ordered a hundred cavalrymen to beat drums and blow trumpets, and to stay behind, and to prepare firewood and grass for fire. When the army had left, they stopped beating drums and blowing trumpets and hid to one side. When they saw that Tian Yue's army had crossed the river, they burned the bridge."

"When the Tang army had marched for more than ten miles, Tian Yue led more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry from Zibo, Qingzhou and Hengzhou across the bridge to chase them, setting fires in the favorable wind and beating drums and shouting as they advanced."

"Ma Sui sat down and ordered the army not to move. He also sent people to clear the grass and thorns on the ground a hundred steps square and set up a battle array."

Xin Qiji: Ma Sui walked out of the battle formation, recruited more than 5,000 brave men, and lined them up in the front, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

By the time Tian Yue's troops arrived, the fire had been extinguished and Tian Yue's troops were extremely exhausted. Ma Sui took advantage of the situation and attacked, defeating Tian Yue's army.

At that time, the Shen Ce, Zhao Yi and He Yang armies all retreated slightly. After the He Dong army won, the armies returned to attack together and defeated the enemy again, chasing them to the bank of the Huan River. Tian Yue's army fled to the bridge head, but the bridge had been burned down.

Tian Yue's army was in chaos. Some of them jumped into the water. More than 20,000 heads were cut off, and his generals Sun Jinqing and An Mochuo were beheaded. More than 3,000 people were captured alive, and countless people drowned.

Almost all the soldiers in Zibo and Qingzhou were killed, and their corpses were piled up for more than thirty miles.

Tian Yue gathered more than a thousand defeated soldiers and fled to Weizhou. When they arrived at the city gate, the defending general Li Changchun closed the gate and refused to let them in.

After a long time, the pursuers did not come, and it was not until dawn that Tian Yue was accepted.

Tian Yue entered the city, killed Li Changchun, and personally defended the city.

A few days later, Li Zaichun surrendered in Bozhou, Tian Yue's brother Tian Ang surrendered in Mingzhou, and Wang Guangjin surrendered to the court in Changqiao.

Tian Yue sent Fu Lin and Li Yao with 500 cavalrymen to escort the Ziqing army back to Ziqing. Li Yao took the opportunity to surrender to Ma Sui.

Weizhou originally diverted the Imperial River into the city and flowed southwards. Ma Sui ordered the river mouth to be blocked, and the river water stopped flowing, causing even greater panic in the city.

Tian Yue sent Xu Shize and Hou Zangbu to take a small road to persuade Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun to borrow troops for rescue.

At that time, Wang Wujun had killed Li Weiyue and sent his head to the capital. Emperor Dezong appointed Wang Wujun as the commander of the Hengjidu militia.

At that time, Wang Wujun's colleague Zhang Xiaozhong had been appointed as the governor of Yiwu, while Wang Wujun was only the inspector. He also divided Zhao and Shen states into one town and appointed Kang Rizhi as the inspector. Wang Wujun was very dissatisfied, and he usually looked down on Zhang Xiaozhong and felt ashamed of his lower official position than Zhang Xiaozhong.

At that time, Zhu Tao attacked Li Weiyue and captured Shenzhou. He demanded that Shenzhou be affiliated with Youzhou Town, but was not allowed, and was dissatisfied.

Therefore, Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun conspired to rescue Tian Yue.

Relying on the reinforcements from two places, Tian Yue sent out another 20,000 troops to line up behind the city, but Ma Sui and other troops defeated him again.

In May of that year, Ma Sui was promoted to be Tongzhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi.

In June, Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun led an allied force of 50,000 to rescue Tian Yue and arrived outside the city.

The generals were ready to retreat, but Ma Sui refused to give in. Emperor Dezong sent Li Huaiguang, the governor of Shuofang, to lead 15,000 infantry and cavalry of the Shuofang army to reinforce Ma Sui.

On the 30th of the same month, Li Huaiguang's troops also arrived.

Li Huaiguang was brave but not wise. On the day the army arrived, he did not rest and insisted on fighting with Zhu Tao and others. The Tang army was defeated.

Tian Yue and others dug up the river embankment and used water to flood the troops of Ma Sui and others. Ma Sui and others were defeated and had little food.

In July of that year, Ma Sui and his troops retreated to Wei County.

In the same month, Emperor Dezong issued an imperial decree to appoint Ma Sui as the chief officer of the Weizhou Grand Military Governor's Office, and concurrently as the governor, inspector, and recruiting envoy of the four states of Wei, Bo, and Bei.

The armies of Tian Yue, Zhu Tao and Wang Wujun also arrived in Wei County and confronted the Tang army across the river.

In November of that year, three rebel generals competed for the title of king in the Wei County military camp: Zhu Tao was called King of Ji, Tian Yue was called King of Wei, and Wang Wujun was called King of Zhao.

He also sent envoys to Li Na of Ziqing, and Li Na proclaimed himself King of Qi.

The four towns jointly recommended Huaixi Jiedushi Li Xilie as the Marshal of the Army, Grand Commandant, and King of Jianxing. They all established offices and conferred titles on officials, similar to the Xingtai official system in the early Tang Dynasty. There were many strange official titles, but they did not dare to establish their own reign titles. (End of this chapter)