Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 273 The Helpless Ma Teng

In the summer and April of the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, a major event happened between Yongliang and Liangzhou. The two groups of Han Sui and Ma Teng, who were originally loyal to Jinlan, suddenly went to war. Han Sui ordered his general Yan Xing to lead an army of [-] to attack Ma Teng's Chen Cang.

Ma Teng was shocked when he saw his Chencang suddenly ignited. He hurriedly asked why and explained to Han Sui why he didn't kill Liu He. He also captured Ma Teng's Qian County and killed the generals he sent to guard Qian County.

After Ma Teng heard the news, he was very angry and said loudly: "I have repeatedly compromised with this old man Han Sui, but this old man is aggressive again and again. Does he really think that I, Ma Teng, will be afraid of him? If so, pass the order, Let Chao'er lead an army of [-] to recover Qian County without worrying about any consequences!"

"No!" Ma Chao didn't like to see Han Sui very much at first. To him, Han Sui was just such a person who was of value to him temporarily. On the one hand, he has long wanted to seek revenge from Yan Xing, because with the continuous improvement of his combat power in the past few years, he has become more confident in himself. He thinks that after this year of hard work, his marksmanship Having reached the state of great achievement, even Liu He is no match for him, and this makes him even more eager to defeat Yan Xing through a big battle, and avenge his shame.

"Hmph, old man Han Sui not only refused to listen to our explanation, he actually dared to attack my territory without any reason. In that case, I will cripple you first."

With a look of anger on his face, Ma Chao immediately ordered to rectify the soldiers and horses, allocate food and grass, and set off for Qian County early the next morning.

When he arrived at the gate of Qian County, Ma Chao called Yan Xing into the formation and asked for a fight with Yan Xing.

Yan Xing was conceited about his previous record and didn't put Ma Chao in his eyes, so he agreed to fight Ma Chao one-on-one. However, what he didn't expect was that Ma Chao had advanced in martial arts, and after just over ten rounds, he shot him to death on the spot.

Yan Xing was killed in battle, and the morale of Ma Chao's entire army was greatly boosted. Not only that, but he also took the opportunity to attack Ji County, Hanyang County, and occupied the entire Hanyang County in less than half a month. More than a hundred miles.

After the news came, Han Sui was deeply shocked, and immediately personally led the giants Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, and Cheng Yin who were planning to attack Chang'an, a total of 5 people rushed to Jincheng.

When they arrived at Jincheng, Ma Chao's army had already captured Yuzhong, less than a hundred miles away from Jincheng. Han Sui immediately ordered the army to meet the enemy, and used a trick to lure Ma Chao into a valley. , Then all the ambush troops went out, and Ma Chao was defeated. Ma Chao led his own soldiers to fight to the death, and finally stationed troops in Lixian County, waiting for Ma Teng's reinforcements.

After that, Ma Teng urgently led the army to support, and the two sides launched a long-term confrontation.

However, Han Sui hated Ma Chao because his son-in-law Yan Xing was killed. He vowed to kill Ma Chao, so he sent people to attack the city day and night. The news that the county was broken.

"What? Ban County was destroyed? Then Chao'er..." Ma Teng became worried when he heard the words. He could find a way to get the land back if he lost it, but if his son died, he would really be gone.

A day later, when Ma Teng was still worried about his son, he saw a group of men rushing over, and then Ma Teng saw his son Ma Chao's armor crooked and said: "Father, the child is incompetent, and he was hit by that old thief Han Sui!" Afterwards, the boy led the army back to Ji County, but he did not expect that the soldiers and civilians in Ji County closed the city and would not accept it. Alas, if I knew this, I should have ordered the massacre of the city at the beginning, but it is a pity that I regret it now... Boy Reluctantly, I had no choice but to continue to retreat and defend to the death in Qian County, but I didn't expect that the old thief Han Sui would be so determined. He insisted on killing me and then quickly ordered the soldiers to attack the city day and night. In the end, the city wall was broken, the soldiers were separated, and many people opened the city Surrendering, the boy had no choice but to escape from being involved in the rout of the army. Alas, although the boy killed Yan Xing in this battle, he was ashamed of the past, but he was defeated. The [-] army was out of ten, please return Father punishes."

Ma Teng, however, was full of joy. He took Ma Chao's hand and said, "If the army is lost, it will be lost. As long as my son is fine, it will be fine. Let's go to Qian County with troops for my father to vent my anger on you!"

After finishing speaking, Ma Teng led the army to Qian County. Unexpectedly, halfway, he encountered Han Sui's army. There was already hatred between the two sides. Before, without saying a few words, the two hated each other and fought together.

However, what Ma Teng didn't expect was that Han Sui actually sent an army to sneak around to the rear of Ma Teng's army, and launched a sudden attack. The rest fled all the way to Chen Cang, and then defended tenaciously according to the danger of the terrain.

However, Han Sui led the army to attack day and night, which made Chen Cang very dangerous, and Ma Teng was full of worries.

At this moment, Ma Dai, Ma Teng's nephew, stepped forward and said, "Uncle, according to the current situation, it is difficult for us to fight against Han Sui. If Liu He takes the opportunity to attack again, we really have no chance." So, my nephew suggested that my uncle immediately send someone to discuss peace with Liu He and form an alliance to deal with Han Sui. No matter what, Liu He can be regarded as the son-in-law of the lord. I believe that the other party will not refuse."

"Sincerity? I don't know what kind of sincerity I have to express before the other party will accept it?" Although Ma Teng was unwilling to bow his head to Liu He at this time, he had no choice but to think about it for a while before asking Ma Dai.

"As long as my uncle hands over You Fufeng, goes to Chang'an to make peace in person, and offers to stay in Chang'an as a hostage, I believe Liu He will believe in his lord. Although it sounds very humiliating, but after all, he can save his life and Jiye, if you surrender to Han Sui at this time, I am afraid that not only will Jiye be completely annexed by Han Sui, but your life will not be guaranteed at all. In a few years at most, the lord will die unexpectedly."

"Eh..." Hearing Ma Dai's words, Ma Teng suddenly felt a chill all over. Judging from the two times of hostility between himself and Han Sui, if he seeks refuge with Han Sui at this time, he will probably get what Ma Dai said. that kind of result.

However, Ma Teng was worried about Liu He, so he said to Ma Dai: "Bozhan, do you think if I join Liu He, can he guarantee my survival?"

Ma Dai thought for a moment, and then said: "Yes! My nephew also stayed in Chang'an with my elder brother for a while before, and I know Liu He well. I know that Liu He is also a person who pays attention to promises. At least what he made Nothing of the promise has been fulfilled, and besides, this person also cares about his own reputation, and he will never kill you, uncle, not to mention that Yunlu is still in Chang'an, how can she just watch you being killed?"

Hearing this, Ma Teng was very reasonable, so he nodded, and then asked: "Is it possible that this matter can only be resolved by me being a hostage myself? Is there any other way? For example, let Meng Qi go to be a hostage."

I saw Ma Dai shook his head and said: "There is no other way, uncle must go by himself, uncle, think about it, last time our brothers were both in Chang'an as hostages, but didn't uncle also attack Chang'an? So this time, apart from uncle In addition, no one can replace. So Dale believes that this is the only way out for us at present."

(End of this chapter)