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Chapter 218 Cao Caomou

Liangzhou, the frontier of the Han Dynasty, is also the main area of ​​war with foreigners. Today, there are two forces that really rule Liangzhou, one is Han Sui, and the other is Ma Teng!
Speaking of which, both Han Sui and Ma Teng made their fortunes in Liangzhou. Han Sui was once recruited by the former general He Jin, but Han Sui's suggestion to kill eunuchs was not adopted by He Jin. So I asked for orders to go back to Liangzhou.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court once lost control of the Liangzhou area, which caused the foreigners living in Liangzhou to be eager to move!In the first year of Zhongping, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou rebelled, killed Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng, and took Han Sui and a commander named Bian Zhang hostage.I don't know whether Han Sui was voluntary or forced. In short, Han Sui became the leader of these rebels, but he was defeated by the army sent by the imperial court the next year.

Fearing the power of the Han army, Han Sui and others fled outside the pass. After the imperial army retreated, Han Sui in turn killed Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Zhang and others who were working with him. He truly became a The leader of the rebel army, and led the rebel army to besiege Longxi again!

At that time, the imperial court was in troubled times. The rebellion of the ten permanent servants and Dong Zhuo's entry into the capital made the imperial court have no time to take care of Han Sui. Before he led his troops to fight in front of Han Sui, he was killed by his own subordinates, and Ma Teng, who was serving as Sima in the army under Geng Bi at that time, also formally united with Han Sui at this time!
Taking advantage of this great opportunity, the two teamed up to annex Geng Bi's soldiers and horses, strengthen themselves, and began to dominate Liangzhou. Afterwards, even Dong Zhuo, who had already begun to control Luoyang at that time, could not do anything to them. During the period, there were constant struggles, but on the surface they still maintained the alliance state.

When Dong Zhuo took control of Luoyang, in order to win over the two, he borrowed the hand of the emperor and named Han Sui the general of Zhenxi and Ma Teng the general of Zhengxi, and asked them to assist his son-in-law Niu Fu in guarding Liangzhou, while Han Sui and Ma Teng It seemed that he was tired of the days of rebellion, so he accepted the recruitment honestly.

With heavy soldiers in his hands and self-respect in his arms, although Niu Fu has a great position in name, he is polite when meeting the two of them. After all, in Liangzhou, Han Sui and Ma Teng are too powerful Even Niu Fu couldn't do anything about them, let alone provoke them easily, until the Eighteenth Route Princes Alliance attacked Dong Zhuo.

Han Sui advocated waiting and watching, but Ma Teng chose to join the alliance against Dong Zhuo. Since then, Liangzhou has not been peaceful, especially after Dong Zhuo's defeat, Han Sui and Ma Teng directly exchanged fire with Niu Fu. The power of the two to dominate Liangzhou was irresistible. Even though Niu Fu had an army of [-], he couldn't stop the two from joining forces. Therefore, after a series of defeats, Dang even chose to retreat towards Chang'an.

However, what he didn't expect was that a few days ago, with the help of the princes and ministers in Chang'an City, Cao Cao finally captured the imperial capital city with the help of internal and external cooperation. Li Jue and Guo Si were killed, and Xu Rong, Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu The others broke through and escaped, Yang Feng, Xu Huang and others surrendered, and gathered 8 Xiliang troops, which greatly increased their strength for a while.

Niu Fu came here, just like throwing himself into a trap. Cao Cao set up a plan and broke it in the first battle. Niu Fu was killed on the spot and 30 Xiliang troops were captured. Incorporated, for a while, the number of his army doubled to [-] to [-] horses.

Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, felt Cao Cao's merits and made him a prime minister.

Guo Jia was the conspirator, Huang Zhong was the commander, Zhang Jai, Gao Lan, Wen Pin, Leng Bao and others were the lieutenants. A total of [-] troops marched out of Hangu Pass, heading towards Bingfeng, and pointed directly at Chang'an.

Although Cao Cao has now gathered more than [-] troops in the Chang'an area, [-] of the Xiliang troops are captives and cannot be put into battle at all, otherwise there is a possibility of bombing the camp at any time, and he even has to take A certain amount of troops was allocated to guard these Xiliang Army prisoners, so the number of troops he can use now is no more than [-] at most.

Fifty thousand troops was actually quite a lot, but Cao Cao knew that he was not going to deal with an ordinary opponent this time, but he didn't dare to take the risk of bombing the camp to fight the Taiping army now.

Cheng Yu suggested: "Chang'an's natural dangers are all in Hangu Pass. Now the Taiping bandits are in control of Hangu Pass. If they hold Chang'an's lifeblood, since our army is not suitable to fight the Taiping bandits at this moment, why not take the emperor to move?" Bingzhou."

Cao Cao thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case. The results of his battle were very rich. If he could digest them, he could have nearly 30 troops. He might not be able to compete with the Taiping Army by then. If he started a war now, it would be very harmful to him. He said that there were indeed many disadvantages, but he was not willing to give up Chang'an just like that.

Cheng Yu was scheming, and he could see what was going on in Cao Cao's mind at a glance, and said with a slight smile, "I know my lord is not willing to give up Chang'an easily, but I have two plans here, which will definitely prevent the peace thieves from occupying Chang'an easily."

When Cao Cao heard the words, his eyes lit up, and he asked quickly, "Where did the plan come from?"

Cheng Yu said with a smile: "Let's leave the city first. We can plant fire starters in Chang'an City and leave an elite army. When the time comes, when the Taiping army enters the city, we will burn it with fire first and then ambush them. Even if we cannot defeat them in one fell swoop, , but it will definitely damage some of its vitality."

"Wonderful! Wonderful! This plan is very clever!" Cao Cao clapped his palms and laughed. After a while, he asked again: "This is the first plan, what about the second plan?"

Cheng Yu said: "Now that Niu Fu is defeated, Liangzhou should be occupied by Han Sui and Ma Teng. Your Majesty can send someone to Xiliang to persuade them to come and compete with the Taiping thieves for Chang'an, so that the two tigers can Fighting and destroying their vitality will only wait for us to reorganize the army and defeat the rebels in one fell swoop."

Cao Cao was overwhelmed when he heard it, as if he had seen the prospect of the army mobilizing and defeating the Taiping army. Fortunately, he was relatively calm after all. After he was overjoyed, he immediately asked, "Then who should be sent to Liangzhou?"

Cheng Yu said: "Chen Qun has a great talent, you can send him there, and things will happen!"

Without further ado, Cao Cao immediately sent Chen Qun to Liangzhou with a group of guards. After a short time, he arrived at the field and asked to see Han Sui and Ma Teng.

After defeating Niu Fu, Han Sui and Ma Teng were thinking about how to occupy Liangzhou for a long time. Who would have thought that Cao Cao's envoy would arrive before their butts were hot.

Knowing that the mission of this trip was important, Chen Qun didn't waste any words. After some pleasantries, he immediately explained the purpose of his visit, but he was very intelligent. Fighting against the increasingly powerful army of Taiping thieves did not even mention that it was intentional to lure Xiliang and the Taiping army to attack each other, so that the two tigers fought against each other.

After hearing Chen Qun's proposal, Ma Teng already had some intentions, but Han Sui said: "What Mr. Chen said is not bad, but the Taiping Army has swept the world. I am afraid that even if our two families form an alliance , and may not be able to counter the general trend of the Taiping Army, your purpose of coming is just to let our Liangzhou army charge for Prime Minister Cao."

"General Han's words are wrong!" Chen Qun said: "Although the Taiping thieves are powerful now, looking back on the previous time, the Yellow Turban thieves were not equally powerful. However, under the suppression of the imperial army, they would inevitably be defeated. Prime Minister Cao killed him Dong Zhuo's remnant is here to rescue the emperor and return him to the court, and to wipe out the bandits in the world. If General Han and General Ma are willing to form an alliance with Prime Minister Cao, in the future, it will be no problem to wipe out the Taiping thieves, make marquises and worship prime ministers."

"This..." Hearing Chen Qun's words, Ma Teng and Han Sui looked at each other, and they both saw the hesitation in each other's eyes, but it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Chen Qun spoke at the right time and said: "Two generals, Prime Minister Cao has set up a trap in Chang'an this time, and he will surely defeat the Taiping bandits. When the time comes, please send troops to assist the two generals. When Chang'an is taken back, the two generals will be in charge. how?"

Chang'an is far more prosperous than Liangzhou. Hearing this, Ma Teng and Han Sui couldn't hold it anymore. Han Sui was still thinking about it, but Ma Teng couldn't help but said: "Okay, I'm from Xiliang. , willing to form an alliance with Prime Minister Cao Cheng to fight against the Taiping thieves!"

(End of this chapter)