Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 224 Hu Hansan is back!

About thirty li to the east of Jieting, a cavalry army was advancing rapidly. Xia Houyuan of the Chinese army looked to the west with a serious expression on his face.

"General!" Xia Houyuan's eyebrows twitched involuntarily when he saw Yiqi coming quickly from the former army, who was the scout he had just sent out. "General, there are already enemy troops stationed at Jieting, about 3 to [-] people. Looking at the banner, it is Zhao Feng, Zhao Botao, the left general under Liu Bei's command! According to the people nearby, the enemy army arrived in the afternoon five days ago." Detailed report.

"Understood!" Xia Houyuan waved his hand, signaling that he understood what was going on.Although he was very calm on the surface, Xia Houyuan was still a little shocked in his heart.I didn't expect that the other party had seized the important place of the street pavilion so early, and I was a step too late to hurry up. Now I am a little passive.Although Han Sui is nothing, but once he is defeated by Ma Teng and Liu Bei, it will be even more difficult for Guanzhong to deal with the two enemy forces of Xiliang and Xichuan in the future.

"Go at full speed!" Xia Houyuan gave an order, and [-] cavalry rushed towards Jieting at the fastest speed.With Jieting as the boundary, Longxi and Guanzhong are divided into east and west.Xia Houyuan in Guanzhong in the east rushed towards Jieting like a wild dog, and Han Sui in Liangzhou in the west was having a hard time at the moment.

"What are you talking about, both Ma Wan and Yang Qiu have surrendered to Ma Chao?" Han Qi looked at Cheng Gongying in front of him, and said in disbelief, his voice was so hoarse that it was hard to say.

Han Sui is different from Ma Teng. Ma Teng's subordinates are basically composed of his own direct relatives and people from the Baqiang tribe who are friendly with him.Although Han Sui also had a little friendship with a few small-scale Qiang tribes, most of the Qiang tribes did not care about him. Among them, the eight largest Qiang tribes, namely the Eight Qiang tribes, were all Ma Teng's best friends.However, Han Sui's ability to establish a foothold in Xiliang also has its own unique features.He had a deep friendship with the other eight small Han warlords, and the nine formed a small military alliance, of which Han Sui himself was the largest.Han Sui himself had 2 troops, and the eight small warlords were Ma Wan, Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, Cheng Yin, Candidate, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, and Liang Xing.There may be three or 4000 of these eight people, or one or 2000, and they are all nominally worshiping Han Sui.On weekdays, everyone fights independently, and once there is a war, they will unite again.At that time, in order to deal with Ma Teng, Japan and South Korea made an appointment with the eight of them to join forces.

"Exactly, both of them were tricked out of the city by Ma Chao with the old general's letter, but they were lured into an ambush, and they were outnumbered and had to surrender!" Cheng Gongying sighed.He was a rare resourceful person in Xiliang, Ma Teng didn't think much of him, but Han Sui looked at him quite a bit.After taking Xiliang, Han Sui immediately appointed him as the prefect of Longxi, and himself as the prefect of Jincheng. Even his son Han Qi and son-in-law Yan Xing did not have this treatment.

"There is such a thing?" Han Sui's eyebrows twitched when he heard the words, and Yan Xing who was beside him also frowned slightly and said, "Not to mention anything else, Ma Chao is a brave man, how could he deceive the two generals out of the city like this? How about trapping them separately?"

"I thought so too. According to reports from Tan Ma Lai, after entering Xiliang, Ma Chao contacted the Eight Qiang tribes to raise troops. At the same time, he sent people to forge General Han's letters and tricked the two generals out. The former is fine, but the latter is not. If he is a human being, someone must have made suggestions for him." Cheng Gongying said with a frown.

"Not good!" Han Sui suddenly came to his senses, "Since he can deceive Ma Wan and Liang Xing, I'm afraid Cheng Yin and the others will be lured out by him soon!" As soon as he said this, everyone's expressions changed drastically.Cheng Yin and others settled down in Long'an in the east, or in the counties of Wuwei in the west.If Ma Chao defeated them one by one, then he would be left alone in Jincheng, who could only sit and wait for death.

I was really afraid of something, but at this moment, a blood-stained soldier rushed into the door, and only had time to say "emergency military situation" before passing out.

"I know him, he is Cheng Yin's general!" Yan Xing immediately recognized him, Han Sui ordered people to search him, and after a while, he took out a letter from his bosom, which was already soaked in sweat Rotten.Han Sui opened it and saw that it was Cheng Yin's personal letter.In the letter, Cheng Yin told Han Sui that he was now besieged by tens of thousands of horses led by Ma Chao in Wuxiang City in Longxi County.If Han Sui didn't come to rescue him, he would have to wait at most ten days before he would stop eating.

Wuxiang City is Cheng Yin's base camp, and it is also relatively close to Jincheng. Cheng Yin, who was originally east of Jincheng, was besieged. The rest of Mawan and Yang Qiu both surrendered, and Han Sui suffered heavy losses all at once.As for whether to send troops to rescue Cheng Yin, Rao Han Sui could not make up his mind for a while.If they are rescued, they will have to fight Ma Chao and Longxi, and they may not be able to win.If he doesn't save him, once Cheng Yin is also killed, he will be the next target.

"My lord, it seems that we still need to ask General Xia Houyuan for help!" At this time, Cheng Gongying remonstrated.Han Sui hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "The fierce battle in Longxi is going on now, and General Xiahou may not be able to come to help!"

"The matter has come to this, we can only ask for help first, it's better than sitting still. But what should Cheng Yin do now?" Yan Xing asked after hesitating for a while.Hearing this, Han Sui frowned for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The situation is urgent now, let's leave him alone. In addition, send someone to notify Liang Xing and the others immediately, come to Jincheng to meet us, and don't be defeated by Ma Chao again!"

In the afternoon of the same day, several messengers set off from Jincheng to Wuwei, Dunhuang, and Jiuquan counties, and informed the remaining five people including Zhang Heng to come.What these messengers didn't know was that as soon as they left Jincheng, someone sent a pigeon to inform Ma Chao in Longxi.

"Xiaozhi, as you expected, the old thief Han Sui ordered the other five people to go to Jincheng. It seems that he wants to stick to Jincheng and wait for Xiahouyuan's reinforcements!" After reading Feige's biography, Ma Chao was overwhelmed with excitement typical.

"If that's the case, the general can immediately send troops to ambush!" Fazheng laughed.Although Zhao Yun on the side didn't say anything, he could not help admiring his strategy when he looked at the view.Before this battle, Fazheng imitated Han Sui's handwriting and wrote a letter to lure Ma Wan and Yang Qiu to go to Jincheng. As a result, Ma Chao set up an ambush halfway and solved the two groups of people.Later, after merging the Eight Qiang tribes, the army besieged Wuxiang City again, but deliberately let Cheng Yin's tribe go forward to report the letter, and then took advantage of the opportunity to act.

"Han Sui is insidious and cunning, and he would not take any risks to save Cheng Yin. Naturally, he informed Zhang Heng and others to meet up in Jincheng, gather everyone's strength to fight against the general, and wait for Xiahouyuan's reinforcements. We will send troops to Jincheng immediately, The five reinforcements called by Han Sui were defeated one by one!" Fazheng laughed.At present, Ma Chao left Ma Dai and led an army of 4 to continue attacking Wuxiang City. He, Zhao Yun and Fazheng assembled the Baqiang tribe and his old tribe, as well as Ma Wan and Yang Qiu's surrendered troops, totaling more than [-] people, and headed for Jincheng. kill.

"Father-in-law, Ma Chao is here!" Two days later in Jincheng, Yan Xing looked at the densely packed army below the city, and Yan Xing couldn't help feeling a little nervous.Jincheng is the base camp of the Ma family. Although Han Sui also moved his base camp here after capturing Jincheng, the hearts of the people have not yet returned in a short time.If someone responds to Ma Chao's internal and external cooperation, it will not be so good.

I was really afraid of something. That afternoon, the enemy army suddenly shot more than a thousand letters of persuasion into the city, claiming that Ma Chao came here only to settle accounts with Han Sui, and the rest of the people ignored them.As long as the two don't help each other, I won't embarrass you after the war.If anyone can tie up Han Sui and his son and deliver them, then there will be great rewards.Although most of these more than a thousand letters were destroyed by Han Sui, the hearts of the people in Jincheng inevitably became impetuous.

"Xiaozhi, why do you think this Han Sui is in Jincheng? His hometown is in Wuwei!" Ma Chao asked Fazheng carelessly at the foot of Jincheng.The latter smiled slightly and said, "The reason why Han Sui wanted to join forces with Xia Houyuan and the old general was to monopolize Xiliang. Jincheng is the capital of Xiliang and the foundation of the Ma family. He can only be in Xiliang if he takes over Jincheng. Stand your ground."

"Presumably so!" Ma Chao also nodded his head. At this time, he came to report that Zhang Heng and Li Kan's troops were not far from Jincheng, and the rest of the generals also came one after another.

"All the generals follow me to meet the enemy!" As soon as Ma Chao heard that the enemy was coming, he immediately regained his spirits, and immediately assembled troops and horses to come and go to kill.

After Zhang Heng and Li Kan received Han Sui's personal letter, they knew that Ma Chao had come back to settle accounts with them. Knowing Ma Chao's temperament, they immediately did not dare to neglect. They knew that they were not Ma Chao's opponent, so they led all their troops to Jincheng to meet Han Sui. , I want to gather the power of everyone to compete with Ma Chao.

"Ma Chao!" Just tens of miles away from Jincheng, he found that someone had already been killed on the opposite side. Li Kan's eyes were sharpest, and he immediately saw that the banner belonged to Ma Chao, and his pupils shrank involuntarily.

"Li Kan, Zhang Heng, come back quickly, I will spare you!" It was Ma Chao himself who leaped in front of the army and swaggered his guns.At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came from behind him, everyone looked in astonishment, but it happened that Cheng Yi and Liang Xing also led the army to arrive.

"Ma Chao?" Cheng Yi and Liang Xing broke out in cold sweat after seeing the situation clearly. The four of them looked at each other for a long time, but they saw Ma Chao single-handedly threatening to persuade them to surrender. They didn't take them seriously at all.When the four of them saw Ma Chao's insolent face, they all felt a lot of pressure.

"Damn Ma Chao, I'm fighting with you!" But Liang Xing couldn't bear the pressure, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward to fight Ma Chao, but it was too late for the other three to stop him, so they could only watch Liang Xing go forward die.Ma Chao looked at Liang Xing who was rushing towards him with a ferocious face, but there was a bloodthirsty sneer on his face.

Naturally, such a big commotion cannot be concealed from Han Sui in Jincheng. After going up to the city with Han Qi and others to see the situation in the distance, Yan Xing suddenly said: "Father-in-law, it seems that Ma Chao and General Liang are facing each other. , now that Ma Chao is not here, and there is no one commanding the Baqiang army under the city, why not let my son-in-law take the opportunity to defeat them so as to support General Liang and the others?"

"Huh?" Han Sui was cold by nature, he didn't know why his son-in-law was so eager to save Liang Xing all of a sudden.Looking at Yan Xing's expression again, Han Sui immediately understood that Yan Xing didn't want to save Liang Xing, but just wanted to take the opportunity to defeat the troops of the Eight Qiang tribes under the city, so that he would face less pressure to defend the city in the future some.Han Sui still knew the strength of his son-in-law. Except for Ma Chao, no one in Xiliang was his opponent, neither were Ma Dai and Pang De.

"Okay, son-in-law, be careful!" Han Sui immediately agreed to Yan Xing's suggestion, and at that moment Yan Xing mobilized 1 horses, and suddenly opened the city gate to kill behind the enemy army below the city.

"Huh?" Han Sui, who had just left the city gate, suddenly found that a general had also stepped out of the opponent's formation, and led the army to intercept him. It seemed that he should be the leader of the army.Yan Xingyi was a bold man, so he didn't take him very seriously, and immediately asked: "Who is coming?" But he made up his mind to kill him first, and then defeated the Baqiang tribe in one fell swoop.

"Changshan Zhao Zilong!" The visitor said calmly, as if he didn't take Yan Xing seriously.Yan Xing couldn't help being upset when he heard the words, he snorted coldly and drove his horse forward to fight with him.

(End of this chapter)