Hanzhong County, Yangpingguan.
The allied forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui had already invaded Guanxia. This time they did not attack at night, nor did they rush to attack the city. Instead, they lined up their troops and horses all over the mountains and fields, intending to make an emergency landing at Yangping Pass.
"Listen to the generals on the city. Now more than 500,000 troops from all walks of life are attacking Yizhou together. If you don't want to be buried with Liu Zhang, you should quickly surrender and surrender! If you hesitate for a moment, no chickens or dogs will be left behind when the barrier is broken!"
"..."
The efforts to persuade them to surrender lasted for half an hour, but unfortunately in the end it was ineffective, and no one even came to pay attention.
"Uncle, I just said we shouldn't waste any more words. What do you think of the result? It's nothing more than making people laugh. We have an army of 80,000 people, and one person with one kick even knocked down Yangping Pass!"
Han Sui glanced at the young general beside him. Although he had a smile on his face, he was quite contemptuous in his heart.
Kick him down? Go ahead and kick him, let your mighty soldiers and horses kick him, I will never stop you!
"Meng Qi, stop talking nonsense and get out of here!"
Ma Teng quickly scolded his youngest son, Ma Chao, and then looked at Han Sui with an embarrassed smile.
"Wen Yue, this child's ignorance makes you laugh..."
"Brother, you don't have to be like this, Meng Qi is the real one!"
The two of them look so harmonious that anyone would think that they are very close friends.
But just last year, Ma Teng and Han Sui were still fighting for life and death!
Just before sending troops to Yangping Pass, the two once again formed a blood alliance, and even became brothers with different surnames!
We have the name of brother, but we don't know how much friendship there is.
"Wen Yue, I heard that you once attacked Yangping Pass in the sixth year of Zhongping. I wonder what the outcome was?"
Han Sui really wanted to slap Ma Teng. Isn't this nonsense? If he had won, wouldn't Hanzhong have been his long ago?
"To be honest, brother, the last time I led an army of 100,000 to attack Yangping Pass, I ended up losing troops and generals, and returned without success."
After many years of construction, Yangping Pass was stronger than before. After Han Sui led his army to the pass, he felt dizzy!
Han Sui didn't want to attack Hanzhong in his heart. He deeply understood the danger of Yangping Pass. Without external force, it would be difficult to break through head-on.
But Yuan Shao's lobbyists were very powerful. He not only persuaded Han Sui's mortal enemy Ma Teng to turn their hostility into friendship, but also hit Han Sui's sore spot.
After Liu Zhang unified Yizhou, where was his next goal?
Yizhou only connects two places, Jingzhou and Liangzhou! In other words, there is at least half a chance that Liu Zhang will go north to Liangzhou.
Attacking Jingzhou requires naval forces, and what Liu Zhang is most proud of is the cavalry!
Liu Zhang's next goal is self-evident. . .
"Hey! Isn't this the traitor Han Sui? Why, you didn't suffer enough five years ago, and you still dare to come to Yangping Pass to find trouble?"
A hearty laugh came from Yangping Pass, interrupting Han Sui's thoughts.
"It's you..."
Han Sui looked up, and a familiar yet unfamiliar face appeared in front of him.
"I didn't expect that little brat like you is still here!"
Five years ago, Han Sui was in the same position talking to Jia Xu who was locked up, but he was yelled at by the person in front of him. Han Sui still remembers it.
"Haha, you are such a traitor and you really don't know how to live or die. Last time you killed more than 10,000 people at Yangping Pass, you still dare to come here this time!"
It was Yang Ren, son of Yang Lin, who insulted Han Sui unscrupulously!
Not only Yang Ren, Yang Ang has also arrived at Yangping Pass.
"You little bastard, I haven't seen you for a few years, your skills are not good, and your mouth is even more unforgiving!"
Yang Ren is not yet 30 years old, but several years of training have already made him lose his immature look.
"Okay, I've been listening to you yelling at Guanxia for a long time. Take a break! You have made no progress in the past five years. You were trying to persuade me to surrender like this five years ago in Guanxia, and you are still using the same words five years later!"
Han Sui looked extremely ugly. After all, he was also a well-known prince, but he was insulted like this by an unknown boy.
"Uh...heh..."
At this moment, Han Sui heard a burst of faint laughter. It turned out to be Ma Chao holding back his laughter!
"Ma Chao, don't go too far!"
Han Sui's general Yan Xing was furious and immediately glared at Ma Chao fiercely, giving him a fierce look.
Ma Chao's cheeks twitched, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. Then he immediately rode aside and stayed away from Yan Xing's sight.
The last time Ma Teng and Han Sui fought, Ma Chao was on the battlefield for the first time. When he was killing everyone, Yan Xing suddenly came out. Unfortunately, the head of his spear broke, otherwise he would have stabbed Ma Chao to death.
Even so, Yan Xing still hit Ma Chao's neck hard with the wooden stick, almost breaking his neck!
"Yan Ming!"
Han Sui immediately stopped Yan Xing. He must not fight with Ma Teng at this time.
"Brother, Yangping Pass is divided into three parts. This is the Pingdi Pass, and there are two passes on the mountains on both sides. The three passes are connected together. As long as we capture any one of them, Yangping Pass will be broken."
"Brother, should I choose to attack the pass on the ground, or the mountains on both sides?"
Ma Teng frowned slightly and kept scanning the structure of Yangping Pass. He found that no matter where it was, it was a dangerous place and it would be very difficult to capture it.
"Wen Yue, how did you attack last time?"
"Brother, before I mainly attacked the Yangping Pass, and the mountains on both sides were feint attacks. Alas! Although it is hateful to close that little brat, what he said was right. I did leave in despair in the end."
This time the two of them each dispatched 40,000 troops, for a total of 80,000 troops, which was not as large as the troops Han Sui brought the first time!
If you still choose to pacify, which is less difficult to attack, the final outcome is already predictable.
"Wen Yue, since you suffered a loss here before, leave it to me this time! You divide your troops into two groups to attack the hills on both sides, and I will attack here personally. We attack the three passes at the same time, making it difficult to take care of the beginning and end of Yangping Pass. !”
Ma Teng's righteous look made Han Sui feel sick!
As long as you are not a fool, you can tell at a glance that the attack on the mountain is much more difficult.
Of course, this is only relatively speaking. Pingdi Pass is also very dangerous, and it is conducive to the deployment of troops, and the casualties will be much higher.
"In that case, I will obey my elder brother's arrangements. I'll leave it to you here!"
Han Sui personally led 20,000 people and assigned 20,000 to Yan Xing. Then he immediately divided his troops into two groups and advanced towards the mountains on both sides.
"Father, it is true that the foot of the mountain is conducive to attack, but the losses must not be small. If we really attack day and night, I don't know how many people will be lost!"
After Han Sui walked away, Ma Chao approached him again.
"Meng Qi, this is our first time here. We are not familiar with the place, so we must gather our troops and horses in one place. Han Sui is very thoughtful, who knows what kind of tricks he has in his belly!"
Ma Teng looked at the direction in which Han Sui was leaving, disdain gradually reflected in his eyes.
He was able to agree to Yuan Shao's request solely for future considerations.
Of all the forces in the world, Ma Teng is most optimistic about Yuan Shao. He was also waiting for Yuan Shao to take advantage of the opportunity to join his army after he unified the world.
"Father, shall we attack with all our strength, or shall we just deal with it?"
"Attack the city with all our strength. If we can take the lead in attacking Hanzhong, it will be a great achievement for us!"
Ma Teng was the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After General Fubo Ma Yuan, he was very brave in his own right. He looked down on capricious villains like Han Sui from the bottom of his heart.
Before Han Sui was defeated at Yangping Pass, Ma Teng always thought that Han Sui was incompetent! This time, given the opportunity to personally knock on the door, Ma Teng also wanted to prove to the world that the number one person in Liangzhou was named Ma, not Han!
