Among the ten counties and two countries of Liangzhou, Jincheng County belongs to Han Sui's territory. At present, Ma Teng's army also joined forces with him to jointly camp in Yunwu County, the county seat.

The jurisdiction of Jincheng County was part of Qinghai and Gansu in later generations, while Yunwu County, where Han Sui and Ma Teng stationed troops, was located in the excessive area of ​​the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Huangtu Plateau, with ravines, undulating mountains, and very special geological landforms.

The climate here is dry and the light is sufficient. In later generations, due to the adjustment of the agricultural planting structure, the country planted a large number of peach trees, apples, pears and other trees, making it a land of fruits and melons. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was more than 1,800 years old, Jincheng County was undoubtedly a wild place.

The wind and sand of the loess and the strong sunlight made the people here dark and dry skin, their lips were chapped all year round, and their faces were slightly red.

Most of them are tall and thin, but because of the harsh environment, they are powerful and good at riding horses to fight.

The so-called Jincheng County capital Yunwu is just a Tucheng built on the undulating Huanghong Mountains. It has a sparse population and is completely incomparable to the county towns in the Central Plains. It may be less prosperous than the town pavilions in Zhongtu.

But the more you are in this place, the more often there are thieves who are not afraid of the blade!

Ma Teng and Han Sui are among the best.

"Brother Shoucheng, have you heard that? That boy Liu Qi actually captured Dong Min alive, expelled Li Jue and Xu Rong, destroyed 50,000 enemies in Mianzhugu, and killed 3,000 of them in Ji County... It was such a cruel method."

Ma Teng was wearing leather armor and his hair was scattered over his shoulders. He was holding a short blade in his dirty hands and cutting a lamb leg meat.

The lamb leg meat was about to be scraped out by Ma Teng, but he still scraped it again.

Even as the leader of the first army, living in a bitter and cold place like Liangzhou, a trace of meat is extremely precious and cannot be wasted at will.

Ma Teng cut off a piece of lamb leg meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it. He looked at Han Sui while sniffing, and said, "Killing Dong Zhuo's 50,000 soldiers... This is somewhat exaggerated, but seeing through Li Jue and Xu Rong alone, Liu Boyu still has some skills in his final analysis and should not be underestimated."

Han Sui picked up a bunch of grapes on the table, peeled them and threw them into his mouth.

"I heard that Liu Boyu is currently in Ji County, summoning allies to the east and attack Dong Zhuo!"

Ma Teng's knife could no longer cut any meat from the lamb leg, so he simply held up the bones and chewed them with his teeth, but he didn't know what he was gnawing.

"Dong Zhongying and Liu Boyu... are interesting. Let them, the old and young wolves, bite them. Whoever eats who will be considered the best!" Ma Teng said happily while biting.

Han Sui carefully peeled the grapes in his hand, as if he was hesitating about something.

When he was young, he saw him peeling a grape, then threw it into his mouth and whispered: "Brother Shoucheng, what do you think... let's send troops to help Liu Boyu?"

Ma Teng's lamb leg in his hand was not held firmly for a moment, and it fell on the table with a "bang".

But he was not in a hurry to pick it up, but looked at Han Sui in surprise.

Is this the Han Sui he knew?

How could it be for no reason to help a boy I have never met to offend Dong Zhuo?

"Wen Yue, can you have an old age with Liu Jingsheng?"

Han Sui shook his head solemnly: "I have been in the border for a long time and are a rebel. Then Liu Jingsheng is the master of eight, how can he have any friendship with me, this rebellious person?"

"If you have nothing to do with Liu Jingsheng, why would you help his son deal with Dong Zhuo? Then Dong Zhuo has already promised you as the general of Zhenxi. Now you are going to offend him again. Wouldn't everything we did before be wasted?"

Han Sui sighed and said, "Although Dong Zhuo had promised to take the position of Zhenxi before, how could he give it easily? According to the old thief's nature, if he did not squeeze the last drop of our bones and blood dry... how could he give the eagle meat easily?"

Ma Teng was silent when he heard this.

Han Sui's words were very reasonable.

Ma Teng and Han Sui are both rebel generals. Although their power in Liangzhou is still very large, it is much worse than that in the past.

Five years ago, after Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu, he reached the level of 100,000 troops. At that time, Han Sui joined forces with the powerful forces in Liangzhou, including Ma Teng, and his reputation was shocking. The harm was even greater than that of the Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao.

But since Han Sui and Ma Teng abolished the kingdom and supported Yan Zhong as the leader of the 36 rebels, the rebels of various rebels have become a mess. Over the years, their troops have gradually decreased, and their power is not as good as before.

As the saying goes: All the generals in the West stand upright, without the will of a mighty world, and only have peace and happiness.

Under such circumstances, if Ma Teng and Han Sui want to get out of the dilemma, they must open up a new path.

This new path is nothing more than being officially granted by the court. In the name of the official, it gathers all the troops in Liangzhou, reorganizes the army that can compete for the world, and restores the grand situation of that year.

This is also an important reason why Han Sui agreed to Dong Zhuo in the previous episode to cooperate with him in acting.

But Dong Zhuo was cunning and cunning, so naturally he could see what Han Sui and Ma Teng were thinking.

Therefore, since he withdrew his troops, the title of General Zhenxi has not been issued for a long time.

Han Sui also secretly sent an envoy to Dong Zhuo for a reply, but all he got was perfunctory.

There is no doubt that Dong Zhuo saw what Han Sui and Ma Teng were anxious, so he wanted to use this "Four Towns Name" to catch them and force them to use it.

"Does Wenyue not want to be controlled by Dong Zhuo? Or is it because Dong Zhuo is disloyal to let you in the position of the four towns, so he wants to help Liu Boyu attack Dong Zhuo?" Ma Teng frowned and asked, "Wenyue, it's not that someone tells you, don't lose the big picture because of the small one!"

Han Sui laughed when he heard this.

"Brother Shoucheng is such a bad word. How can Han be such an unknown person? I'm just thinking that perhaps helping Liu Boyu to attack Dong Zhuo can also help us get what we want to a certain extent!"

"What does Wenyue mean?"

"Brother Shoucheng, Dong Zhuo is over 60 years old this year, right?"

Ma Teng was stunned when he heard this, but unexpectedly Han Sui suddenly said this: "So what?"

"How many years can the 60-year-old thief live? Even if he dies tomorrow, I am not surprised... Dong Zhuoruo dies, and his subordinates, Lu Bu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Xu Rong and others, can they tolerate each other? Dong Zhuo's son died early, his nephew Dong Huang, younger brother Dong Min, and son-in-law Niu Fu, can you inherit his foundation by carefully discussing any of them. The important officials in the court colluded with the scholars of Guandong and hid in the dark and wanted to overthrow Dong Zhuo's politics... How good do you think he will be in the future?"

Ma Teng narrowed his eyes when he heard this, as if he was meditating.

Han Sui continued: "So I think that instead of letting Dong Zhuo continue to waste this way, it is better to respond to the Liu Lang in Jingzhou and join the Guarding Alliance... In this way, we can gain the title of a loyal minister who protects the king and fights against thieves by supporting these Han clan relatives. Although it is not as loud as the position of Zhenxi, it is enough to be upright! As long as you and I can get the recognition of the relatives and make it public to the world, you and I will no longer be a rebel. At that time, we want to continue to expand our power in Liangzhou, annex various rebels, or gather the powerful, so it will be much more legitimate!"

Ma Teng's brain circuit turned a little.

"Wen Yue is indeed very insightful. He actually wants to use the Guardian Alliance to accomplish things...but this move may offend Dong Zhuo."

Han Sui shook his head and smiled, "Not necessarily! Dong Zhuo is not an ordinary person, he is the best way to divide. He saw that we joined Liu Lang's side and strengthened his power. In order to differentiate us and Liu Qi, he might even take the initiative to enfeoff the position of General Zhenxi to me. At that time, Brother Shoucheng will definitely receive a reward from the court. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Although Han Sui's idea was somewhat taken for granted, it was actually not without this possibility.

After all, the one who directly collided with Dong Zhuo was the Guardian Alliance. As long as Ma Han got involved, he would definitely be taken seriously by Dong and Liu. This should not be wrong.

Ma Teng nodded after hearing this and said, "Since our purpose of responding to Liu Boyu is to make profits between him and Dong Zhuo, it is best for you and me to not directly conflict with Dong Zhuo... In this way, I will send my eldest son Ma Chao to lead troops to Ji County, and meet with Liu Lang... Wenyou will also send another good general, how about it?"
Chapter completed!