Zhang Ji smiled. Henan was like a hot potato. Zhu Jun, Li Jue and others didn't want it, so they gave it to Zhai Hao. What else is there to be worth fighting for?

I happened to use this matter as a bargaining chip to bargain with Hedong, striving to gain a larger share of Zhu Jun's soldiers and food.

As for how Hedong stationed troops and operated Henan, that was not something he cared about.

He only knew that this section of the river from Hedong to Henan was as dangerous as a pillar, and the risk of transporting troops and food in water was huge. Zhang Yang from Henoi could not allow Hedong troops to pass through, so Hedong still had to rely on the passage within Hongnong.

But I can cut off the tide at any time and anywhere, and cut off the land connection between Hedong and Henan. To me, this Henan land is like a thing in my pocket.

Zhang Ji had already decided that after discussing the post-war affairs with Hedong, he would lead his troops back to Hongnong.

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In the following month, the Yin side of Henan Province fought fiercely and both sides stopped their troops. Zhu Jun was invaded into the court, and Zhang Jizhe led his army to return to Hongnong with a large number of prisoners, leaving only Zhai Hao, a group of Hedong troops stationed in the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

There was only one wave of square placing, and one wave started again and again. The war in the east had just subsided, but the war in the west suddenly broke out. Ma Teng led his army to invade Sanfu!

Youfufeng, martial arts.

On the straight official road, the huge cycling team was moving forward from west to east. Han people in different costumes, Qiang and Hu soldiers holding spears, horse forks, ring knives, bows and arrows, and carrying pack horses. They walked among the ranks. The soldiers walking in front were lined up in a marching formation, wearing hard and sharp. When they arrived at the back, the formation of the ranks began to become crowded and scattered, and all kinds of nonsense, the sound of horses neighing one after another, and the team was hustled by the military officers riding on horseback, and the ranks were noisy and hustle and bustle. Whenever the ranks were beaten over the scalp by the whip, the ranks mixed with ingredients would be restored to peace.

On both sides of the road, there are teams of cavalry walking in succession. Compared with the mixed infantry corps, they seem to be much more orderly trained. Each cavalry has its own war horse, spear, bow and arrow and leather armor. Some of the elites even carry shields, hammers, bows and crossbows, and two-crotch iron armor. They are extraordinary intent and are like dragons.

Ma Teng, who was big and squinted, rode his horse in the ranks, surrounded by his personal guards. He looked at the elite cavalry wearing strong and sharp sides, and then looked at the flat land and golden wheat fields at the right side and the bright wheat fields from the right. He couldn't help but laugh.

The cavalry beside him heard Ma Teng's smile and looked as usual. The guards were guarding Ru Chu, with only one blinding purpose. The fat and fat follower came close to Ma Teng and asked with a saliva face:

"Brother, is it because of such a happy life? "

Ma Teng casually glanced at this clan brother Ma Yi with a fat face, smiled and said loudly:

"This is natural. Meng Qi sent a military newspaper. He has led his troops to capture Meiyang and will advance eastward to join me in Huaili soon."

"Haha, Meng Qi is really the bravest army. He took Meiyang down in less than three days."

As he spoke, Ma Yi complimented and congratulated Ma Teng:

"Brother, wise and Mingrui, this time, Fan Chou's disciples are invincible. We only need to conquer Huaili again to march into Chang'an. At that time, everyone will drink Kunming Pond, hunt on the Linyuan, and go to the Weiyang Palace to play!"

Ma Yi didn't know that the world was high and the earth was strong. In order to please Ma Teng, he said ruthless words, but Ma Teng just smiled and didn't take it to heart.

In Liangzhou, there were no women's wealth and wealth to motivate soldiers, how could the soldiers give up and advance eastward to compete with the powerful enemy?

Ma Teng shouted loudly, waved the whip, looked at the beautiful mountains and rivers in Guanzhong from afar, and thought about the contact and agreement with the Chang'an court officials in his mind:

Ma Yu, Zhong Shao and others sent people to secretly contact Ma Teng, who was garrisoned in Mei County, and asked Ma Teng to launch troops to attack Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou to mobilize the Xiliang army in Chang'an City to create opportunities for the court officials who had been plotting for a long time, so as to cooperate inside and outside, and to destroy Dong Niyu's party who had troops to control the court in one fell swoop.

Originally, Ma Teng thought that Li Jue and others were powerful, but they were just contacting Ma Yu, Zhong Shao and others for their contact and planning, and planned to deal with it perfunctorily. However, after seeing that the former Dongying generals captured Chang'an, they rewarded the soldiers and lingered in the hall. The court officials also connected with their father Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, through Liu Fan, the left central general and censor Liu Dan, and connected with their father Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou.

At this moment, the troops sent by Liu Yan had left Bashu, and went to Chen Cang, preparing to join forces with Ma Teng to advance to Chang'an.

In addition, according to the secret envoy of Chang'an, the prefect of Hedong, Yan Yan, also made a move, and Zhu Jun from Henan, also wanted to enter the court and personally plan and participate in the uprising in the court.

At present, there are undercurrents in Chang'an City and dangers are everywhere, but Ma Teng's troops are looking for opportunities to take advantage of, like a group of hungry wolves smelling blood, rushing to Chang'an.

Although Ma Teng had followed the rebels before, he had successfully cleansed his identity by clinging to Dong Zhuo. Now, among the people who have been in charge of various riots, his troops are closest to Chang'an and have the strongest troops. After he swept the right Fufeng, the city of Chang'an, which is close to him, will be within reach.

For a moment, Ma Teng, who was thinking about entering Beijing, was very fierce. He couldn't help but waved his whip, speeded up, issued a military order, and led his personal guards to cross the army and run forward quickly.

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Chang'an, General's Mansion.

The urgent report from Youfufeng had already reached Chang'an City. What followed were all rumors about "Ma Teng raised a hundred thousand troops to approach Chang'an". The troops sent by Fan Chou to Youfufeng to defeat him in a row. Within two days, he lost his martial arts. Two important cities in Meiyang were in danger. Even Huaili, the Youfufeng Control Institute, was in danger.

In these overwhelming series of bad news about "cities falling, garrisons defeated, and enemy cavalry approaching", Fan Chou, who was still in Chang'an, became anxious after breaking through Chang'an. With the smell of alcohol that had not yet dissipated, he rushed to Li Jue's mansion.

"Zhiran, Ma Teng from this Mei County sent troops for no reason and defeated several cities in the right Fufeng. The troops have arrived at the important town of Huaili. You are in charge of the court. What's going on?"

Fan Chou, who was excited and his face turned red, rushed all the way and walked into the hall with great strides. Seeing Li Jue still sitting in the lobby with the honor of a general of a chariot and cavalry, he immediately roared loudly, almost cursing at the dignified general of a chariot and cavalry.

Fan Chou was extremely brave and powerful. He used to follow Dong Zhuo to fight. He was a famous general in the Dong camp. In addition to being a little awe of his former lord Dong Zhuo, he now has troops and horses, and even Li Jue is difficult to restrain him.

Seeing that Fan Chou was still like in Dongying, he looked like a rude warrior. He still shouted at him as a colleague, without any scruples. He was now the general of the chariot and cavalry and was in charge of the generals. He also felt angry in his heart, and he was too lazy to explain and comfort him. He said coldly:

"Ma Teng started a rebellion for no reason, and the soldiers of Youfufeng were indestructible and collapsed at once. They lost their cities and land one after another. You still came to ask me why!"

"My Fufeng soldiers are so decayed? Joke, Ma Teng was just a defeated general under my former army. Now he has only successfully attacked several of my cities. But I heard that Ma Teng had a private request for you and did not get it, so he was angry to send troops. Is there any such thing?"

Fan Chou, who had a black and red face, was furious when he heard Li Jue's cold sarcasm. He pointed at Li Jue in the hall and asked aggressively, stomping his combat boots.

Li Jue faced Fan Chou's questioning, raised his eyebrows and counterattacked without hesitation:

"Ma Teng sent an envoy to Chang'an before and asked me for 500,000 stones of food and grass. He was just looking for a gap and provocation. He was a rebel soldier, and had not made any contributions and was awarded the title of General of the Western Expedition. He dared to ask me for excessive demands. Why did I give him food and grass?"

"So he took this reason to raise an army to attack my Youfufeng, trapped Wu Gong and Meiyang, killed my guards, and plundered the people under my rule!"

Fan Chou's hand had already pressed the sword around his waist, and his blood-blown eyes stared at Li Jue.

Li Jue sneered repeatedly when he heard this, and said in his heart that if you were not for the wealthy woman who was greedy for Chang'an and who was reluctant to be ordered to guard You Fufeng, how could you have the same situation today?

The two of them faced each other in a tit-for-tat way, and Li Ru, who was kneeling on the table beside him, saw that they were constantly quarrels and could no longer sit down and discuss, and could only change their silent words just now, stood up to persuade him and explained:

"Don't get angry with Fan Hou. Ma Teng has bad intentions and asks for food and grass to be solely just to provoke disputes. He must have had plans, otherwise he would not dare to raise an army without permission and invade our important town of Sanfu!"

After saying that, Li Ru turned to Li Jue and said:

"Ma Teng came all the way east, and his momentum was noisy and bustling. The point of the army was far more than the area in the corner of Youfufeng. His man coveted the heart of Guanzhong. Since the rebellion of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, Liangzhou has been in constant wars, counties and counties have been separating, Qiang and Hu have risen, and all parts of Liangzhou have not been submissive to Wang Hua for a long time. The cavalry of Liangzhou invaded Sanfu many times. Junhou was in charge of Chang'an and protected the safety of the court. He had to be careful!"

Li Ru made a fond of mediation, trying to persuade the two to calm their anger and sit down together to discuss military strategies. Fan Chou still had a dark face and snorted coldly, but did not respond. Li Ru had to turn around and wink and ask Li Jue for help.

Li Jue was silent for a moment, but in the end he took into account the overall situation and stood up and said:

"What Shizhong Li said is very true. This matter is very important. Ma Tengxing mobilized all his troops to come. It must not be just for personal revenge. I have sent someone to summon the general to discuss military affairs, so I can wait for a moment and sit down together to discuss it."

The following words were said to Fan Chou, which was also given to Fan Chou. After thinking about it, Fan Chou sat down silently, suppressing his mood and waiting for Guo Si's arrival.

In an instant, Guo Si, who was summoned by Li Jue, arrived late.

Like Fan Chou, Guo Si was ordered to go out to seize Zuo Fengyi, and he only sent troops to garrison. He still brought troops to stay around Chang'an, which was not only out of his nostalgia for the wealthy women in Chang'an City, but also for the prominent power in the court.

However, although there were sporadic rebellions of Qiang people in his territory, no major war occurred. Therefore, only Ma Teng launched an invasion this time, and he was the most calm. There was a Jingzhao Yin between Zuo Fengyi and You Fufeng. No matter how rampant Ma Teng's troops were, as long as he could not defeat Fan Chou and Li Jue, he would not be able to make trouble for his base for the time being.

Although he also pretended to be concerned, Li Jue and Fan Chou guessed the thoughts in his heart. Fan Chou was still humiliated and did not speak. Only Li Jue smiled and greeted Guo Si. Then Guo Si entered his seat calmly.

"Everyone, Wuwei Ma Teng was originally in Longyou. It was last year when we attacked Chang'an that we led our army into Youfufeng. They were not worth it. The court appointed him as the general of the Western Expedition and ordered him to guard the west of Ji County, and to restrain him from Liangzhou. Unexpectedly, after entering Xia this year, he suddenly sent troops and captured the city of the right general's garrison. Moreover, his plan was unpredictable. The troops had already arrived in Huaili, and he might have the intention of attacking Chang'an!"

When Li Jue saw that all the important figures were coming, although Jia Xu was missing, he did not say more. He directly explained the situation of You Fufeng, pointing out Ma's intention to send troops and the threat it had already posed to the Chang'an court.

Guo Si, who is in Chang'an, knew about the military information of Youfufeng when he came. He looked calm and casually played with the hilt of his sword, and asked lazily:

"How should we deal with what General Cheqi saw?"

"Of course, we must send troops immediately to help Huaili!"

Fan Chou spoke first, and he punched the table in front of him, making a loud noise. He had known for a long time that Li Jue and Guo Si were intending to take this opportunity to weaken their troops, so he yelled out angrily.

Li Jue was snatched by Fan Chou and looked ugly. However, he had just had an argument with Fan Chou, but at this time it was difficult to ridicule Fan Chou without regard for his identity, which disrupted the matter of discussing military affairs today. He looked at Guo Si who was deliberately watching the wall and said:

"Ma Teng was born with the grace of the Holy Ones, but he ignored the laws and regulations and suddenly launched a war to attack cities and towns. He was a rebel minister and must be eliminated. Huaili was the right Fufeng site. If Huaili was lost, the three auxiliary servants would be shocked, and Chang'an might be in danger of being in the enemy. Therefore, as the later general said, the imperial court should issue an edict, send troops immediately, rush to Huaili to attack and destroy Ma Teng."

Guo Si curled up the corner of his mouth playfully and said that it was the imperial edict from the court, but it was not Li Jue who instructed Li Ru. Jia Xu drafted the edict, then covered it with a jade seal, and then used it to dispatch the generals to order him. He pretended to hesitate and said:

"I heard that Ma Teng raised 100,000 troops and had the help of the Western Qiang tribes. The enemy's forces are powerful and the situation is unclear. I'm afraid it's not easy to send troops suddenly, right?"

"Ma Teng is just an old thief who is feeding herbs. What is the reputation of calling on the Western Qiang tribes? The troops of their troops are only 30,000 to 40,000, so how can there be a hundred thousand people? Guo Aduo, you are asking for shirk responsibility. Could it be that you want to sit on the wall and watch?"

Ma Teng raised his army, and You Fufeng was the first to be the brunt of it. Fan Chou's men and horses were successively damaged. He had been anxious. Now that he saw that Guo Si still wanted to find an excuse to urge the troops to send troops, he immediately slapped the table and shouted loudly to break Guo Si's thoughts.

Guo Si was exposed in public by Fan Chou and immediately pulled down his face. He lowered his head, his eyes were fierce, and the scar on his face pounded a few times, and he said maliciously:
Chapter completed!