The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Hey, Bian Zhang seems determined to rebel."

Han Sui sighed. From Bian Zhang's conversation, he had already determined that Bian Zhang was dazzled.

"what happened?"

Ma Teng was startled immediately, and asked more questions.

Han Suidang told about what was about to happen in the prefect's mansion, and Ma Teng, Li Xiangru and others beside him immediately turned ugly after hearing this.

Han Sui's rebellion was not voluntary, and the people who followed Han Sui were also not voluntary. They were all forced by the Qiang people like Beigong Boyu, and the court didn't understand them, so Han Sui was in the current situation. an awkward position.

In fact, Han Sui is still loyal to the Han Dynasty. Maybe he is not loyal to the Han Dynasty, but to the Huaxia clan, loyal to the heart of the Han people, and does not want to be with the Qiang people. What Bian Zhang is doing now is to put himself Driven to a dead end, they never thought of entering Luoyang, killing the emperor, and becoming their own from the beginning to the end.

Because Han Sui knew from the beginning that this kind of thinking was unrealistic, and they were just dealing with the court to find a way out.

But Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu's plans are so big that Han Sui can't control them at all.

"Master Han Sui, what should we do? If we continue to be with Bian Zhang and the others, there is really no turning back."

After Ma Yuan, General Fubo, Ma Teng was even more loyal to the imperial court, so he was naturally unwilling to launch a counterattack against the imperial court with Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu.

But at this time Ma Teng is single and weak, and his strength is too weak to shake Bian Zhang, Bei Gong Boyu and others.

They can only turn to Han Sui for help. After all, Han Sui is their backbone. In this Jincheng County, there are [-] troops, and Han Sui himself pulled them together.

"Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu are crazy. We can't go all the way with them. Brother Ma Teng, is the thing you told me last time reliable?"

"Which thing?"

"It's the matter that Lu Zhi sent a spy to contact you."

"That matter, I didn't answer the detailed work at the time, what did Brother Han Sui think?"

"Send someone to contact the spy, and then it's best to get online with Lu Zhi, maybe we have to find a way out for ourselves."

Han Sui said gloomyly that from this moment on, he decided to break with Bian Zhang, Bei Gong Bo Yu and others.

Hearing Han Sui's words, Ma Teng's expression darkened as well, but he immediately followed Han Sui's instructions and went down to work.

A day later, there was a reply from Ma Teng's side, and he hurried to find Han Sui.

"What did you say over there?"

"The detailed work told me that Lu Zhi is willing to accept our conditions, but we must also show some sincerity."

"What do you mean?"

Ma Teng's answer made Han Sui's face change.

"What Lu Zhi meant was that, to prove my sincerity of surrender, let us kill Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, so that he can present himself to the emperor, pardon our crimes, and at the same time claim credit for us."

Ma Teng explained Lu Zhi's answer. This condition is not too harsh, but it is normal. After all, the army is under pressure. If you say surrender at this time, you must give Lu Zhi something trustworthy.

Launching a rebellion and killing the rebel leaders Bian Zhang and Bei Gong Boyu is the best proof, and only in this way can Han Sui and the others gain Lu Zhi's trust.

After understanding what Lu Zhi meant, Han Sui, who had no other way to go, immediately discussed with Ma Teng, Li Xiangru and others, and no one had any objection. is the best choice.

Without further ado, Han Sui invited Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu and other leaders in the name of treating guests to a drink on his birthday that night.

After drinking for three rounds, the three thousand knives and axes hidden outside rushed into the army tent following Han Sui's three coughs, beheading Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu and others with random axes.

Ma Teng and Han Sui were both good at martial arts. Although Bian Zhang and Bei Gong Boyu and others had their followers, they couldn't stand the crowd. After a bloody battle, the world of Jincheng County had changed.

Bianzhang, as soon as Beigong Boyu died, Han Sui led his men and took over other people's troops. Suddenly, Han Sui had 10,000+ soldiers himself.

Chapter 443 Pacifying Xiliang

After Han Sui occupied Jincheng, he immediately sent people to put the heads of rebel leaders such as Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu in a box, and sent them directly to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi didn't take it seriously at first. After receiving the news of surrender from Ma Teng and others the day before yesterday, he just said it casually, because he didn't think it was possible for these rebels to surrender.

But when the heads of Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang and other rebel leaders appeared in his big tent, Lu Zhi was stunned, and then he became serious.

He first ordered someone to observe these heads, and after confirming that they were really Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu and others, he re-emphasized the conditions discussed by Ma Teng and others.

"Father, these rebels have all been taken over by Han Sui's men, and now only Han Sui's family is left in Jincheng County."

Lu Zhi's son Lu Jie took the initiative to approach Lu Zhi and told Lu Zhi the current situation in Jincheng.

Lu Zhi's face was gloomy at this time. Even if his son didn't say anything, he knew the current situation. Originally, there were three rebels on Xiliang's side, and the 5 Qiang people led by Beigong Boyu were the most powerful. , followed by the original Xiliang Army led by Bian Zhang, with about [-] people.

Han Sui, who is the weakest, has 3 people, and these 3 people are put together by a few prefects under his command. His own army adds up to only 2 people.

But now, in just one night, the situation in Xiliang turned upside down. Han Sui, who was the weakest, suddenly became the strongest person, unified the three leaders, and became the uncrowned king of Xiliang.

Of course, this uncrowned king still has to face Lu Zhi's [-] court army, but at this time Lu Zhi is thinking about whether to really recruit these rebels.

"Jie'er, what do you think of Han Sui's recruiting of the rebels?"

"Father, I don't trust Han Sui. He is very scheming. Originally, I thought Bian Zhang was the biggest problem for us on this trip. Who knew that Han Sui would appear."

"Oh? What's my opinion?"

Lu Zhi originally just asked his son casually, wanting to know what his son thought and deepen his understanding of his son, but after hearing Lu Jie's words, he immediately became interested.

"That Han Sui sent us the news of his surrender the day before yesterday, but he killed Han Sui, Beigong Boyu and others yesterday, which shows that his city is deeper than the other two. Secondly, from Judging from the news from outside, Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang, which didn't surprise me the most, but what surprised me the most was that he was able to take over Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang's troops."

"It stands to reason that if Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang, he would definitely anger the soldiers and horses under Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang, causing the three forces to fight. But not only did the three parties not fight, but also Let Han Sui accept it, which shows that Han Sui has premeditated, and has enough courage and strength."

With Lu Jie's opinion, Lu Zhi nodded secretly.

"My son is right. This Han Sui is indeed far beyond my expectation."

"If the court is not what it is now, I will definitely not stay with such a person. If they stay, it must be a great disaster, and sooner or later they will threaten the rule of the court!"

Lu Zhi had a gloomy face.He said something with a displeased expression.

But soon after, he changed his tune again.

"It's a pity that the current imperial court has rebels everywhere, and it can't stand the consumption of a big war. For the time being, we can only stabilize the situation in Xiliang, and wait until the rebels in other places are settled and the Han Dynasty is stabilized. Let's deal with Han Sui and wait for a group of people!"

Lu Jie, who was standing beside him, heard his father's words.I understood immediately.

"Father means that he intends to agree to Han Sui's surrender?"

"Otherwise, do we really want to go to war with Han Sui and the others? The price of going to war is very high."

"You also know that if the rebels are divided into three parties, we can also use the estrangement to make them unstable and unable to fight together, so as to defeat them one by one. But now Han Sui has taken care of the other two and recruited all the soldiers. Ma, this has greatly increased our pressure, and if we want to defeat these rebels in one fell swoop, the difficulty will increase a lot."

"Even if we spend a lot of money in the end to eradicate all these rebels, our own soldiers will also suffer heavy losses. This is not what I want to see!"

Lu Zhi expressed his thoughts to his son.After Lu Jun nodded, he stopped talking and could only acquiesce in his father's view.

After all, his father is the commander of the counter-insurgency army this time, and everything must be done according to what his father said.

After Lu Zhi made a decision, he immediately sent someone to negotiate with Han Sui.

On the one hand, stabilize Han Sui's emotions first, let Han Sui and others take refuge in the imperial court, and when this matter is finalized, at the same time, send people back to Luoyang to return to the emperor, and let the emperor agree that these people will return to the arms of the big man. To pardon the mistakes made before, and to offer rewards, after all, it was because of the initiative of Han Sui and others that the rebellion of the Qiang people could be ended so smoothly.

It took a month to go back and forth, and the imperial court's reward finally followed.

Because Han Sui made too much credit for this matter, he was directly canonized by the imperial court as the governor of Xiliang.Ma Teng, Li Xiangru and other followers of Han Sui also rose with the tide, and they were either conferred the post of prefect or don't drive Sima.

Of course, the imperial court was not completely reckless. In order to prevent Han Sui from becoming bigger in Xiliang, they also sent Dong Zhuo, a native of Xiliang, to garrison Xiliang, and named Dong Zhuo a general protecting Qiang Zhonglang.

While restraining the Qiang people, guard against Han Sui.

The matter in Xiliang has finally eased, and the soldiers and horses sent to Xiliang by the imperial court can finally gradually withdraw from the boundary of Xiliang at this time.

Although Lu Zhi still left Xiliang where Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed, he was always on guard against Han Sui and others.But Lu Zhi's main force returned to Gyeonggi, freeing up his hands to deal with rebels in other places.

The first to bear the brunt was the very powerful Karasuma rebellion that spread in the three counties of Jizhou, Youzhou and even Qingzhou.

It was also the most vicious second court where Yuan Shao and others made a fuss.

After solving the matter in Xiliang, the top priority of the court is to deal with Yuan Shao, disintegrate the court established by Yuan Shao, and then re-establish the orthodox position of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, these things cannot be done in a short while.

At the end of June in 187, Lu Zhi's soldiers and horses just returned from Xiliang to launch a crusade against Yuan Shao, which could not be done in a month or two.

Chapter 444 The Mess

To launch an attack against Yuan Shao, it is necessary to make some preparations.

Because the current Yuan Shao is no longer the same, far from Yuan Shao when he was the prince of the Ten Towns.

At that time, Yuan Shao was just a mere governor of Jizhou, with no more than [-] to [-] soldiers, and he could not be called an elite. Most of them were improvised miscellaneous soldiers.

However, after a year of development now, after Yuan Shao cooperated with Nanlou, his military strength has been greatly increased. In just one year, he has recruited more than 8 troops. At the same time, with Nanlou as an ally, there are at least [-] to [-] troops.

In addition, the battle between Nanlou and Qiu Liju in the past few months directly defeated Qiu Liju and once again annexed many of Qiu Liju's troops, which made the alliance between Nanlou and Yuan Shao more stable and their strength improved again.

Of course, why Qiu Liju was defeated in the confrontation with Nanlou? First of all, Su Boyan, the nominal Shanyu, stabbed a knife in the back and directly led [-] soldiers to surprise Qiu Liju's lair. After receiving the news, Qiu Liju's troops on the front line were unstable, and immediately sent [-] troops back to their hometown for support.

That's how Nanlou's troops seized the opportunity, defeated Qiu Liju in one fell swoop, drove Qiu Liju out of the western Liaoning, and forced Qiu Liju into a corner.

They could only use the last few troops to confront Nanlou, and Nanlou did not kill them all. After all, they were all Karasuma people, and there were not many Karasuma people. If they killed each other, they would only be in a more and more passive situation.

Nanlou just annexed Qiu Liju's soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses suddenly swelled to as many as 10.

As for Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and others who originally occupied Youzhou, when they saw that Qiu Liju was at a disadvantage and was also a fool, they immediately sent someone to Yuan Shao to ask for peace.

At this time, Yuan Shao was also looking for allies, and he would not refuse anyone who came. Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun brothers wanted to join him, and he would naturally not refuse, because he was short of manpower to fight against the imperial army at this time.

Although Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun brothers are not very strong, but no matter what, they have tens of thousands of troops under their hands.These tens of thousands of troops.The soldiers and horses used to fight against the imperial court still have some effect.

At the same time, in order to appease the two brothers, Yuan Shao used the title of Liu Yu, a fake emperor, to directly confer them the Great General of Zhenxi and the Great General of Zhennan.In addition, Zhang Chun was named the governor of Yangzhou, and Zhang Ju was appointed the governor of Jingzhou.

Yuan Shao played very slickly in this move. He was awarded the official post of military officer because he valued Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's military strength.

Adding the title of Inspector seems to be an emphasis on the two of them, but in fact it is just two empty words, because Yangzhou and Jingzhou are not under Yuan Shao's control at all. If they want these two places, they have to fight for them themselves. .

But let’s not talk about whether they themselves have the ability to attack Yangzhou and Jingzhou. Even if Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun really have this ability, and they have taken down Yangzhou and Jingzhou, they still obey Yuan Shao’s order in name, and can further attack Yangzhou and Jingzhou. They were pulled into Yuan Shao's lineup.

With these troops, Yuan Shao's military strength in Jizhou and Youzhou has expanded unprecedentedly, and he has more than 20 troops at once.

Yuan Shao, who had grown in strength, was a little proud. After the increase in troops, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought several times, and Gongsun Zan was defeated. Yuan Shao's ambition burst out. He wanted to take the initiative to attack and send troops to attack again. Hulao Pass.

On the one hand, he kept mobilizing troops to gather in Jizhou, intending to attack Hulao Pass again. On the other hand, on the Qingzhou side, after a winter of brewing last winter, at the beginning of spring, the well-prepared Yellow Turban Army revolted again in Qingzhou. Resurrected.

In just three months, all parts of Qingzhou were launched a joint attack by tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans.

In three months, Qingzhou changed hands.

Although there are still a few cities and some soldiers and horses who continue to resist, but in the absence of imperial reinforcements, such resistance is only delaying the time of death.

The Qingzhou incident quickly reached the ears of the imperial court.

It just so happened that at this time, Lu Zhi returned from Xiliang with his men, and the General He Miao immediately told Lu Zhi about these things, hoping that Lu Zhi could solve the increasingly powerful Yuan Shao and the Yellow Turban Army that was scourge in Qingzhou.

Lu Zhi originally thought that when he came back, he could free up his hands to solve Yuan Shao's troubles in Jizhou, but in the blink of an eye, there was another Qingzhou.

Although he had some complaints, there was nothing he could do about it, so he agreed directly, and He Miao began to discuss the countermeasures.

After discussing and discussing, the final result was that, on the one hand, troops were dispatched from Hulao Pass to deal with Yuan Shao; Pin down the Karasuma people.

At the same time, it is necessary to mobilize the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou and Xuzhou to temporarily control Qingzhou, otherwise, if the affairs of Qingzhou are completely left alone, I am afraid that it will cause even greater consequences.

While Lu Zhi and He Miao were discussing these matters, someone from below approached and quickly handed over a new battle report.

"General, the battle report was sent from Yangzhou thousands of miles away!"

"Yangzhou?"

When He Miao heard these words from his subordinates, he frowned first, and recalled that the wars in Yangzhou didn't seem to be very frequent. It was nothing more than a few water thieves making trouble before.

But all of a sudden, He Miao thought of a person, and his face changed drastically. Then he immediately brought over the emergency military information from the ground, opened it, and began to read it.

Seeing this, He Miao's face turned pale.

Lu Zhi, who was standing aside, was also curious after seeing these changes in He Miao's expression, so he immediately asked.

"General, what happened?"

"Damn, hateful Liu Zheng! But, it's him, and it's at this time!"

Liu Zheng attacked Yuzhang and quickly occupied Poyang County, and then joined Yuan Shu to besiege Huainan and kill Liu Yao, Yangzhou Mu, finally at this time, it was passed to Luoyang City.

When He Miao told Lu Zhi the news, Lu Zhi's expression immediately became more gloomy and serious.

He took the memorial from He Miaoyou's hand and read it by himself. After a long time, Lu Zhi also fell silent.

"I have never thought of this guy. I thought his ambition was just to live in a corner. I didn't expect that he would choose to send troops at this time. Yangzhou is also in danger!"