Han Sui led his troops to Wududao and stayed in the valley where Ma Teng and Cao Cao fought fiercely for a long time.

Bloodstains remained on the battlefield, and many arrows and weapons were left on the battlefield, and before they could get rid of it. The Di people and Qiang people were unwilling to give up such a good opportunity, so they sent people to search everywhere. Every time they found one, they cheered.

Han Sui narrowed his eyes and looked at the figures that appeared in the valley, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.

Ma Teng has lived a very comfortable life in Wudu for the past few years. He may have thought that such a life could continue, so he was in a hurry to Cao Cao's attack. Ma Xiu actually died in a battle, which shows how careless the training is in normal times.

He was not facing a famous general. Who was Cao Xiu? No one had ever heard of it.

It would be a pity to be controlled by Ma Teng for such an important terrain. Even if Cao Cao did not come, Sun Ce would advance westward after occupying Hanzhong. At that time, he would only lose even worse and let Sun Ce enter directly.

Han Sui sent people to contact the local Qiang and Di, inquire about the war, and pay for the casualties. In the battle more than ten days ago, Qiang and Di were just watching, but Han Sui was very polite and sent people to express their condolences with gifts. Compared to Ma Teng, Han Sui was better in both fame and strength. Several important leaders were overjoyed when they received his generous gifts and quickly got close to Han Sui. Not only did they accept Han Sui's banquet, but they also invited Han Sui back.

At this time, Han Sui received Cao Cao's handwritten letter.

Cao Cao didn't say anything in his letter, but he just recalled some past events and expressed his longing. After reading the letter, Han Sui didn't take it seriously. In Luoyang, he met Cao Cao, but he was far from knowing that he was in a relationship. Later, when the emperor advanced to the west, he and Cao Cao were both fighting under the command of the emperor, but he had never met. At this moment, the two armies were in a battle against each other, and Cao's operations were not good, so it was useless to write a letter.

Out of courtesy, Han Sui replied a letter, advising Cao Cao to recognize the situation and withdraw from Wudu to avoid meeting him.

Cao Cao quickly replied a letter saying that although the Han Dynasty declined, the eldest son of the emperor was still in Chengdu, and although Yizhou was single and lonely, he could not sit idly by the Lu Chen of Shenzhou, and would definitely do his best to fulfill his true nature. He also advised Han Sui to jointly support the eldest son of the emperor and survive the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao finally said that before going to war, he asked the eldest son of the emperor. As long as Han Sui was willing to support the Han Dynasty, Han Sui could rule Liangzhou, form a horn with Yizhou, and fight against Sun Ce together. In the future, the great Han Dynasty was revived, and wealth would not be inferior to Dou Rong.

Han Sui disagreed with Cao Cao's temptation and didn't even reply to the letter. No matter how confused he was, he would not believe that the Han Dynasty still had a chance to revive. The world returned to Wu, and he only wanted to get his own wealth and honor, but he did not want to follow Cao Cao to struggle. When he went to Luoyang to make a time, he knew that the Han Dynasty would perish, otherwise he would not have accepted the invitation of Li Wenhou, Beigong Boyu and others to rebel.

Besides, his daughter and son-in-law are all Wu Chen, so at least he is loyal to the eldest son?

But what he didn't expect was that although he did not reply, Cao Cao wrote him another letter, and the letter was intercepted by Ma Teng's scout. In this letter, Cao Cao swore to say, "Just do what you said. After defeating Ma Teng, I will go back to Yizhou and Liangzhou will ask for an appointment."

Ma Teng was shocked and immediately sent someone to question Han Sui: What did you agree with Cao Cao?

Han Sui didn't take it seriously at first, took out the first two letters Cao Cao gave him, and said that he had only replied to one letter and did not make any agreement with Cao Cao. However, he soon discovered that there were many explanations in these letters, and he could not make Ma Teng believe his explanation at all.

Han Sui was in a dilemma. The alliance between him and Ma Teng was not strong at first, and now it is hard to argue. He wanted to leave to show that he had no ambitions for Wu, but he could not leave. First, Wu Du geography is important, and once he fell into Cao Cao's hands, it would be very unfavorable to him; second, once Ma Teng suspected him, he would be isolated in Liangzhou and would inevitably face the attacks of Ma Teng, Niu Fu and Lu Su.

In desperation, Han Sui proposed a solution: attack Cao Cao himself and drive Cao Cao out of Wudu to prove his innocence.

Ma Teng reluctantly agreed and retreated to Shanglu. Han Sui led his troops to defend the attack and attacked Cao Cao. He himself raised food and grass for Han Sui and was ready to respond at any time. While discussing raising food with the Qiang and Di, Ma Teng learned that Han Sui had a close relationship with the leaders of various tribes and even gave generous gifts to win people's hearts. He was very angry.

Han Sui wanted to dig his corner.

When he learned that Han Sui was coming to fight alone, Cao Cao laughed. He and Fa Zheng made a plan. While arranging Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen led the cavalry to detour behind Han Sui, and summoned Wu Yi to ambush Han Sui. Then he became more aggressive and used another plan to go out of the city to meet Han Sui.

Just in front of the two armies, Cao Cao invited Han Sui to reminisce about the past and discuss the general trend of the world.

It is not new to the reunion of old friends and talking in front of the formation. It is not a new thing, or even a elegant thing. Han Sui is still a famous scholar in his heart, and he doesn't take it seriously. He talks with Cao Cao for a long time. However, the meaning of this news came to Ma Teng's ears was completely different.

Ma Teng concluded that Han Sui and Cao Cao had collusion, and this person was unreliable.

Ma Teng and Han Sui were both warlords in Liangzhou, but their situation was different.

Ma Teng is an ordinary citizen who relied on the support of the Qiang people to accumulate military merits. He and the Qiang tribe have an equal relationship, and they have cooperation and struggles with each other, and no one has too high hopes.

Han Sui was different. He was a famous scholar in Liangzhou and had always been convinced by the Han and Qiang. When the Qiang rebelled, he was worried that he would not have enough appeal, so he forced him to be the leader. He obeyed his orders and had high hopes for Han Sui. Including Ma Teng, only Han Sui Ma followed his lead.

But no one expected that Han Sui finally betrayed Li Wenhou and Beigong Boyu, killed them all, and annexed their troops.

Since then, Ma Teng has been wary of Han Sui and dared not believe him wholeheartedly. Whether it is cooperation or alliance, he should be wary of him.

Now that this happened again, Ma Teng's last trace of trust was gone. He ordered the cut off the supply of food and grass to Han Sui and asked Han Sui to withdraw from Wudu immediately. At the same time, he sent someone to ask Lu Su for help, asking Lu Su to send troops to respond to prevent Cao Cao from capturing Wudu.

Ma Teng didn't believe Han Sui, and Han Sui didn't believe Ma Teng either. When he learned that Ma Teng sent someone to ask Lu Su for help, Han Sui was disorganized. He was worried that he would not be able to withdraw from Wudu safely. Even if he could withdraw, he would not be able to face Lu Su's attack by then. In desperation, Han Sui made a fool of himself, planned to attack Xiabian, defeat Cao Cao, and then make plans.

This move hit Cao Cao's thoughts. Cao Cao occupied the city and defended it. In order to hold Han Sui, he gave up the outer city and lured Han Sui into the city and engaged in street fighting.

Just when Han Sui thought he could take the debate and capture Cao Cao alive, Wu Yi completed the encirclement of Han Sui. He attacked inside and outside, and Han Sui was defeated and retreated in a hurry. He encountered Cao Xiu halfway and Cao Zhen raided and his entire army was wiped out.

Cao Zhen led the tiger cavalry to attack Han Sui's central army, chased Han Sui for dozens of miles, and personally cut off Han Sui's head.

The defeated soldiers fled back to Shanglu, Ma Teng was so worried that he realized that he had been deceived by Cao Cao, but he regretted it too late. In desperation, Ma Teng retreated to Wududao and sent someone to ask Lu Su for help again. At this moment, of course, he would not admit that he had been trapped. When Han Sui was ambushed, he refused to move his troops, but instead sued Han Sui, saying that Han Sui had collusion with Cao Cao, but he was seen through and had to fight Cao Cao.

The evidence is ready-made, with evidence and physical evidence.

Cao Cao completely wiped out Han Sui's army, killed nearly 10,000 prisoners, seized a large number of war horses and weapons, and his strength increased greatly and his morale increased even more.

Just when many people were full of energy and hoped to continue to work hard and kill Ma Teng and take all Wudu, Fa Zheng suggested that Cao Cao slow down, seize the time to enter Shanglu, and build the city, and make plans for a long-term confrontation.

Cao Cao accepted Fazheng's suggestion and appointed Yan Yan as the prefect of Wudu, and ordered Wu Yi to lead his troops to withdraw to Yangping Pass and to withdraw to Baishui Pass himself to rest.

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The news that Han Sui's entire army was wiped out to Guanzhong. Lu Su was surprised and suspected that the information he received was incorrect.

Han Sui went to reinforce Ma Teng and fought with Cao Cao. Why did Han Sui die in battle but Ma Teng is safe?

Lu Su naturally didn't believe in Ma Teng's explanation. Han Sui really wanted to collude with Cao Cao, so why would he be defeated and died? It sounded like Ma Teng played a bad role in it.

Jia Xu was not surprised at all. He told Lu Su that although Han Sui and Ma Teng were allies, their trust base was very weak. Han Sui was too cunning and capricious, and Ma Teng was afraid of him, but he did not believe him. Cao Cao was cunning and must have taken advantage of this, alienated them, and forced Han Sui into a dilemma, and had to bite the bullet and attack.

But the result of Han Sui's annihilation of the entire army still made Jia Xu very passive. He originally thought that even if Han Sui and Ma Teng could not defeat Cao Cao, they could at least have a stalemate for a while to block Cao Cao's attack. Now Cao Cao has gained a foothold in Wudu, and Ma Teng is afraid of being beaten again. He cannot retake Wudu with his own strength alone, so he has to ask Lu Su for help.

As the Grand Governor of Anxi, Lu Su naturally could not sit idly by.

But it is not realistic to ask him to send troops to Wudu and expel Cao Cao now.

The situation in Guanzhong has not yet stabilized and hidden dangers have not been eliminated. The implementation of the new policy is at a critical moment. If Lu Su leads the main force to leave Guanzhong, Guanzhong will likely be in chaos and all previous efforts will be wasted.

Besides, Ma Teng has not recognized the situation so far, and he has no intention of writing a letter to apologize.

Jia Xu and Lu Su discussed that Han Sui's death had a great impact. It was not possible for Anxi Governor's Office to deal with it alone. They could only write to the court and ask His Majesty to decide. All Anxi Governor's Office can do now is to prevent the situation from deteriorating further.

To this end, Jia Xu made two suggestions: one was to send Du Ji to Jincheng to take over the power gap left by Han Sui after his death; the other was to send Wuqiu Xing to Shangqiu to block Cao Cao's way north, and gather troops to prepare for combat.

Lu Su accepted Jia Xu's suggestion, and at the same time gathered troops to enter and exit Chencang, forcing Cao Cao not to act rashly.

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Chapter completed!