【Chapter 176】 Joining Forces Again (Asking for Recommendations, Monthly Passes)
Jincheng, the county guard.
After more than three months, Ma Teng led hundreds of personal soldiers, carried heavy gifts, and came to visit Han Sui in person again.
Outside the gate of the county guard's mansion, Han Sui personally took Yan Yan out of the mansion and welcomed Ma Teng and his party into the county hall.
The guest and the host sat down, and the maid immediately handed over the hot tea, and then quietly retreated.
After some greetings, Han Sui squinted at Ma Teng, who had a lot of gray hair added to his sideburns, and asked with concern, "Could it be that Brother Shoucheng is still worried about Meng Qi's whereabouts?" ”
"Hmm. Meng Qi's whereabouts are still unknown, and Ma has trouble sleeping and eating, so he can't rest assured! Ma Teng said bluntly and unabashedly.
"Brother Shoucheng, forgive my little brother. Meng Qi has been in the hands of Li Li'er for almost half a year, but he is afraid that he will be more auspicious and less auspicious, and he will no longer be alive. Brother Shoucheng should mourn and change, so as not to worry too much and exhaust your body! Han Sui said with a solemn expression.
Hearing these words, a flash of resentment flashed in Ma Teng's eyes, which disappeared in an instant, but the expression on his face did not change at all, his brows did not move, his eyes did not blink, and his joy and anger were invisible.
"Thank you Brother Wen for your concern, Ma Mou has been a horse for half his life, his body is okay, and he can bear it. However, Brother Wen Yue was wrong just now, my son Meng Qi was not killed, and he is still alive and well. Before the arrival of the winter snow last year, Ma sent a detailed investigation to Wuwei to find out that Meng Qi was still alive, and was imprisoned by Li Li's thieves in the horse farm in Hutu Town, and was humiliated and tortured by Li Li's thieves. ”
"Oh, Meng Qi is still alive?" Han Sui groaned in surprise.
Immediately, he realized that he had lost his words, and hurriedly said: "Brother Shoucheng, don't misunderstand, the little brother was surprised in his heart, his words were inappropriate, and he had no other intentions." Since Li Li'er did not harm Meng Qi, there is a chance to rescue Meng Qi. I don't know what Brother Shou Cheng's plans are? ”
Ma Teng couldn't help but be discouraged when he heard this: "The Wuwei Army is no longer what it used to be. Last fall. The Wuwei army forcibly occupied Zhangye County, Zhangye and Juyan, and also annexed the Xiutu tribe in one fell swoop. And Li Li's thieves are also becoming more and more arrogant, holding tens of thousands of male soldiers, dominating the land of the four counties, guarding the western corridor, peeking at our counties, and may wave their troops to attack our brother at any time. ”
Han Sui was secretly laughing at Ma Teng in his heart before. His most beloved eldest son Ma Chao was captured by Li Lisheng and was also imprisoned in the Hugh Slaughterhouse to serve labor, which really lost Ma Teng's old face and made the Ma family humiliated and humiliated. However, when Ma Teng mentioned that the Wuwei army under Li Li had captured Zhangye County in one fell swoop. When it came time to recover the subject state of Zhangye and the subject state of Juyan, Han Sui's face immediately became gloomy. His expression was extremely cold. Even his cheeks were slightly hot, and he was ashamed.
In the past three months, almost no one in the Jincheng County Guard Mansion dared to mention the name of Wuwei Li Li in front of him Han Sui. And Li Li seems to have become Han Sui's secretive taboo figure, and he is also his biggest nemesis in his life.
Looking back on the past few decades, Han Sui has read poetry and books, and he is proud of his talent through heaven and earth. He once raised filial piety and honesty, and was in the company of the great Confucians of the world, which can be called no white ding, and the people he interacted with were all celebrities in the world. Celebrities and sages. After the Qiang rebellion, he judged the situation, forbearance, and hidden strategy, and finally captured Jincheng in one fell swoop. After the Luoyang Rebellion, he was regarded as the leader of all the princes of Liangzhou, and he enjoyed a high reputation and supreme status in Liangzhou, as if he was the uncrowned king of Liangzhou.
However, since Li Li was ordered to come to Wuwei County to take office, Han Sui keenly felt that the good situation in Liangzhou began to change dramatically, unpredictable and changeable, and gradually got out of his control.
Li Li took up the post of Wuwei Taishou, and in Han Sui's opinion, it was to grab meat in his bowl to eat, which was something he absolutely could not tolerate.
So Han Sui united the army to attack Li Li twice, and each time he led tens of thousands of troops to conquer, but the result was that he was defeated twice and returned, and the defeat was extremely miserable, and he almost put his old life into it.
After these two conquests, the famous Jincheng Eight Divisions will be completely lost. And Han Sui himself also lost 20,000 elite iron cavalry and more than 10,000 foot soldiers, almost half of the soldiers and horses were damaged, and he was so distressed that he couldn't sleep day and night, his upper and lower teeth were in pain, he sulked all day long, and smashed nearly 100 precious utensils and strange curios worth millions of dollars.
However, Li Li and his Wuwei army were flourishing day by day, attacking everywhere, and they were attacking the city for a whole autumn, and Shili gradually grew.
Now the Wuwei army has become a big tail, the soldiers are strong and strong, and the soldiers are flourishing, and Li Li, who was once only a hungry wolf in the eyes of Han Sui, has now grown into a Liangzhou tiger, sitting on the western half of Liangzhou, and looking at the whole territory of Liangzhou.
Therefore, Han Sui regarded Li Li as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and hated him to the bone, because his Han Sui's reputation was completely ruined in the hands of Li Li.
In the two major defeats of Heilongling and Dongshankou, Han Sui not only lost more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, but also took advantage of his great reputation as Han Wenyue of the Yellow River, knocked him down from the altar of Xiliang celebrities, and became a pitiful escape, a defeated subordinate who has been defeated repeatedly.
After a winter of silence, Han Sui subconsciously ignored Li Li's existence, sat in his own Jincheng and settled the counties, closed his door to thank guests, and lived a few days of peace.
When Han Sui talked to Ma Teng just now, he almost forgot about Li Li's current strength, and regarded Li Li as the original Huangkou concubine, and he said it very smoothly.
It wasn't until Ma Teng uncovered the scar again that Han Sui's new hatred and hatred for Li Li surged into his heart, his face was pale, his eyes were gloomy, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.
After being silent for a long time, Han Sui looked at Ma Teng scrutinically, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Shou Cheng's visit this time should have something to discuss with Han, right?" Then don't sell it, Brother Shou Cheng said bluntly. ”
Hearing Han Sui's displeased tone, Ma Teng looked at Han Sui with a gloomy face, only thinking that Han Sui was resentful of Wuwei Li Li, but he didn't think of himself at all.
So Ma Teng smiled and said, "Brother Wenyue is quick to talk, and what he says is not bad. Ma came this time to discuss with Brother Wen Yue about jointly sending troops to slaughter the city and sack Li Li's army horse farm. I don't know what Brother Wen Yue thinks? ”
"Send troops to slaughter the city and sack the slaughterhouse?" Han Sui was shocked when he heard this, and groaned in astonishment.
Ma Teng nodded and said, "Yes, sneak attack on Hugh Tu City and loot the Hugh Tu Horse Farm under the name of Li Li's thief!" ”
Han Sui looked at Ma Teng with a look of astonishment, and waited for him to see Ma Teng's determined expression. Then he turned his head away, squinting his eyes and pondering.
After a while, Han Sui opened his eyes, his expression was calm, his eyes were calm and profound, he couldn't see his joy and anger, and Ma Teng couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart.
However, Han Sui didn't let Ma Teng wait for a long time, and then said indifferently: "Brother Shoucheng, you are anxious to save Meng Qi's feelings, and the younger brother can understand." But the matter of sending troops to slaughter the city. The younger brother advises you to stop at it and don't think about it. Since the Battle of Dongshankou, Li Li has strengthened his precautions against all counties and border passes in Wuwei, especially the strict investigation of the people going south and east, which can be described as heavily guarded. Now Wuwei County can't insert the needle and splash the water. The precautions are so tight that we have no chance of success. So I'm not going to send troops. If Brother Shoucheng insists on this. That little brother can only wish you good luck, please take care of yourself! ”
"Uh, Brother Wenyo, what's wrong with you? Don't you hate Li Li the thief the most, why don't you want to send troops? Ma Teng asked in surprise.
Han Sui shook his head with a gloomy expression and said, "Brother Shoucheng." I didn't send troops to slaughter the city, not because I didn't hate Li Li, but because we didn't have any chance of winning, so we had to give up the opportunity to fight Li Li. Li Li'er's preparation for the construction of the Hugh Slaughterhouse is not a matter of one or two days. But he started to build a horse farm when he stepped into Wuwei County, and it has been more than half a year. In addition, I also heard that there are a large number of war horses in the Hugh Slaughterhouse, there are tens of thousands of excellent war horses, including tens of thousands of purebred Western Regions wild horses, which can be called the best horses that are rare in the world.
Sounds tempting, right? If the Hugh slaughterhouse can be ransacked, then Li Li and Wu Weijun will lose most of their family wealth because of this, and the money and food will be in trouble, and they will no longer be able to grow in the short term.
However, Brother Shou Cheng thought of Li Li Xiaoer too simply.
Li Li is cunning like a fox, insidious and vicious, full of scheming, and does not leak. According to a detailed investigation, he stationed 3,000 foot soldiers in the city of Hutu, and 2,000 light horsemen in the horse farm, in addition to the training of recruits. From this, Brother Shou Cheng couldn't imagine how many people and horses there were in Hugh Slaughter City, and how tightly defended they were, right?
In addition, does Brother Shou Cheng know who the Wuwei general who is stationed in Xiu Tu City? Li Dian is Li Dian who was stationed in Heilongling Dazhai before! This person is extremely good at defending the city, in the battle of Heilongling, he blocked the 60,000 troops under my command with 3,000 foot soldiers, and also eliminated more than 5,000 elite infantry soldiers of our army, while he himself only suffered more than 1,000 casualties. Han Mou's words are all here, does Brother Shou Cheng still want to send troops to attack Hugh Slaughter City? ”
When Han Sui recounted the situation in Hugh Slaughter City, the expression on Ma Teng's face became more and more serious, his eyes were cold, and his brows were furrowed.
However, after hearing Han Suizuihou's words, Ma Teng grinned, and his smile was very sinister and weird.
Then he smiled and said to Han Sui: "Brother Wen Yue's meticulous work is indeed very good, and Ma is ashamed of himself. However, Brother Wen Yue has recently received a detailed secret report that Li Li is a thief who is preparing to get married in the near future? ”
"Ugh!" Han Sui was shocked when he heard this, a few days ago, he did report to him about Li Li's marriage.
The detailed account of the four women that Li Li was about to marry at that time was at the time. When talking about how beautiful Li Li's woman was, he was excited, spitting and excited. But Han Sui was furious when he heard this, gritted his teeth with hatred, and then didn't wait for the details to finish, and directly asked people to pull them out and cut them.
It wasn't until he saw the panicked and desperate head of Hosaku that Han Sui felt a little better, and his anger was vented.
However, seeing Ma Teng's weird smile at this time, Han Sui suddenly felt that the previous fine artist must still have an important situation, and he didn't have time to report it to himself.
So Han Sui struggled to squeeze out a smile and asked Ma Teng: "Brother Shoucheng, could it be that Li Li's wedding is something else?" Please give me advice. ”
Ma Teng smiled proudly and said: "Li Li's thief is going to Chang'an City to get married, he set off from Guzang City ten days ago, and he has arrived in Youfufeng County three days ago, and now he is not far from Chang'an!" He took more than 35,000 horses to Chang'an on this trip, almost poured out, and almost all of the generals of the Wuwei Army went to Chang'an. Brother Wenyo, our chance to attack Hugh Slaughterhouse has come! hahaha??????"
After Han Sui heard this, he was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, and then he was crazy, his expression was even more exaggerated than Ma Teng, and he laughed so much that tears came out.
"Haha! Li Li'er, it turns out that you also have a time when you are secret, let's see! Haha???????。 (To be continued) (To be continued......