Chapter 157 Ending
"I forgot that there is another Song Jian." Jincheng, the prefect, Han Sui was a little surprised after learning that Chen Mo sent troops to wipe out the so-called Xia Kingdom. No wonder Chen Mo was still moving. The Xia Kingdom has been here for more than 20 years, but it is located in a remote place. The court did not know much about this. Therefore, Song Jian has been here for more than 20 years. Now that Chen Mo has personally brought the troops here, how can he continue to tolerate him?
However, Chen Mo's speed of dealing with Song Jian was a bit amazing, which made Han Sui hesitate. Now there are only two ways left for him, like Ma Teng, completely abandoning military power, sending his family and even himself to Chang'an, joining Chen Mo, or leading his confidant to leave Jincheng, passing through Zhangye, and developing to the Western Regions, and never returning to the Central Plains for life.
As for resisting the situation... If Ma Teng is still there, Han Sui will definitely choose to fight Chen Mo head-on. Even if Chen Mo has occupied most of Xiliang, it is only occupied by Xiliang's city. Qiang people from all over the country, with his and Ma Teng's influence, it is not difficult to force them to send troops.
But Ma Teng surrendered like this, and Han Sui didn't have that appeal alone. After all, Ma Teng was the general Fu Bo, and the blood of the Qiang people was still flowing from the Qiang people. He easily gained a sense of identity from the Qiang people. Chen Mo took away all the family members of the Ma family, but he still left Ma Teng here to continue to serve as the prefect of Wuwei. Han Sui didn't have this ability.
Ma Teng's surrender made Han Sui too passive. Now Chen Mo has pacified all parties, and he is the only one left, so Han Sui is unwilling to wait for death.
"Lord, the people are ready and can be withdrawn at any time!" Cheng Gongying quickly stepped in and bowed to Han Sui and said.
"Where is Yan Xing?" Han Sui nodded. This was his final decision. He could give up Jincheng and even Xiliang to Chen Mo, but he was unwilling to follow Chen Mo. Han Sui knew very well that if he went to Chen Mo's command, he would not have gained much power at all. He took his confidant soldiers and generals to the Western Regions and occupied a small country at will, and Chen Mo would not be able to chase him to the Western Regions.
Even if it is in a remote location, it is better to be the one who decides himself than to listen to others' orders under Chen Mo's command and have to look at others' expressions.
"Yan Xing is already escorting his lord's family in Lingju, and you can send troops to Zhangye at any time." Cheng Gongying hesitated for a moment and said to Han Sui: "Lord, if we wait to go out of Zhangye and enter the Western Regions, we may not be able to return to the Central Plains in this life."
Han Sui raised his eyes, looked at Cheng Gongying, and asked with a smile: "Don't Gongying want to?"
"The general dares not!" Cheng Gongying shook his head: "The general's life is given by the lord, and the general's family is also given by the lord. As long as the lord does not abandon it, the general will be willing to follow his life and death!"
"Okay!" Han Sui patted Cheng Gongying on the shoulder, looked at the government office, took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, Gongying, although Chen Mo is a hero, he may not be able to laugh and say in the end, we will come back!"
"Here!" Cheng Gongying nodded and bowed.
"Let's go, no matter how late, the Guanzhong army may be coming!" Han Sui said with a smile.
At that moment, Han Sui gathered his already prepared confidant elites and took a large amount of supplies and left the city.
When Xu Rong and Hua Xiong led their troops to the city, the entire Jincheng was in chaos. The troops left by Han Sui saw that Han Sui and Cheng Gongying had left. Some fled directly, while others shot and killed them in the city.
"Lord, if Han Sui goes out of the Western Regions, it may become a future trouble for our army in the future!" After Chen Mo received the news, Xun You frowned and looked at Chen Mo who didn't seem to care much. The countries in the Western Regions were both strong and weak. With Han Sui's ability, it would be easy to open up the situation in the Western Regions. If Han Sui gathered the troops of several countries, it would probably become a future trouble for Chen Mo.
"It's too late, he can't leave." Chen Mo smiled and shook his head. If Han Sui escaped while he was attacking Song Jian, he might have really let him run away, but now, for Chen Mo, just wait.
Xun You looked at Chen Mo after hearing this, and said, "Is Yuan Zhi leaving for this?"
"Yeah." Chen Mo nodded: "A month ago, Han Sui had ordered Yan Xing to escort his family to Lingju. Now that Han Sui has fled from Jincheng, he must have his head delivered."
Xun You nodded. If this is the case, Xiliang will be settled.
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Lingju, when Han Sui arrived at Lingju, he felt something was wrong. Chen Mo's reaction was a little strange. After leaving Jincheng, he was ready to deal with Chen Mo's pursuit of soldiers. He prepared several ambush along the way, but so far, no trace of Chen Mo was found.
Would Chen Mo let himself go so easily?
Han Sui didn't believe it, and always felt that there was a bigger conspiracy waiting for him.
"Lord, Ling Ju has arrived, Yan Xing has opened the city gate and waited for us to enter." Cheng Gongying rode his horse to Han Sui and bowed.
Lingju's city gate had been opened, and the deep door hole was now like a beast opening its huge mouth towards him, which made Han Sui feel quite uncomfortable.
"Lord?" Seeing that Han Sui did not respond, Cheng Gongying looked at Han Sui in confusion.
Yan Xing should not betray him.
Han Sui thought about it. Before Chen Mo came to attack, in order to make Yan Xing more steadily serve him, Han Sui promised his eldest daughter to Yan Xing and personally hosted the wedding.
Moreover, his family is also in Lingju, so it is impossible to do anything indiscriminately.
"Oh, I won't go into the city, let Yan Xing take the people out directly, and we will go directly." Han Sui came back to his senses and laughed at himself for suspicion. When he arrived here, Chen Mo would not be able to catch up with him even if he wanted to chase him. After leaving Lingju, he would leave Shao Dang Qiang. With the help of Shao Dang Qiang, he went directly to Dunhuang. No matter how many soldiers and horses Chen Mo had, it would be useless. However, for the sake of caution, he still did not enter the city, but asked Yan Xing to come out.
"Here!" Cheng Gongying agreed and sent someone to notify Yan Xing.
"Sir, the old thief Han Sui refused to enter the city. What should I do?" Yan Xing, who received the news in the city, looked at the young scholar beside him and frowned. Han Sui's family had been arrested by him. If these people were released, Han Sui might run away directly.
The young man was Xu Shu. He came here after Chen Mo's order and cooperated with Yan Xing to plan to cut off Han Sui's retreat. At this time, he stood under the banner and watched Han Sui's military formation and said, "Han Sui seems to be unprepared. You can have someone escort the frame out of the city."
"This..." Yan Xing looked at Xu Shu in confusion. Isn't this a death sentence?
"You go to Han Sui alone first, and Han Sui will definitely relax and take the opportunity to assassinate him!" Xu Shu looked at Han Sui's military formation and said, "I ordered your confidant generals. When you see you take action, you will take the opportunity to kill Han Sui's army."
Yan Xing looked at the Han Sui army carefully, nodded and left.
Soon, Yan Xing brought a team of people to escort the carriage out of the city. There were not too many people. After Yan Xing left the city, he took the initiative to ride a horse to the front of the formation to see Han Sui: "Father-in-law, everyone is ready, am I really going to leave?"
When Han Sui saw Yan Xing ask this, he saw him come to see him alone. His vigilance became much weaker and nodded, "What? Yanming doesn't want to?"
"Yeah." Yan Xing nodded, suddenly drew his sword, and in Han Sui's shocked gaze, he swept Han Sui's throat.
"Yan Xing! The thief who killed the Lord!" A sudden change caught everyone off guard. Cheng Gongying was the first to react, roared, drew his sword and chopped.
Han Sui waved his sword to stop him and shouted sternly: "You are really willing to go to Xiliang with Han Sui's traitors! Now that the army of Changling Hou has arrived, I will surrender with me. I will definitely wait for you. Why bother to die for Han Sui??"
While speaking, the troops escorting the frame there also abandoned the frame and rushed here. In a melee, Cheng Gongying lost to Han Sui and was killed by Han Sui's sword. The other soldiers saw that Han Sui and Cheng Gongying died one after another, and most of them chose to surrender.
Yan Xing quickly gathered the surrendered army and asked Xu Shu for his order.
Chapter completed!