Fifteen days later, Yang Lin led the Hanzhong County soldiers to finally arrive at Ji County, the seat of Hanyang County.
Liu Zhang no longer delayed, and after telling Yang Lin to pass, he took Xun You and Pang Tong as military advisers, led Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, Dian Wei, Zhu Meng and Ma Teng, who temporarily joined Liu Zhang's command, raised an army of 65,000 and attacked Yuzhong City. .
Liu Zhang only had an army of more than 40,000 men under his command. After Ma Teng decided to help Liu Zhang, he not only surrendered all the captured Liangzhou Jingqi, but also Ma Yue, Pang De and others also joined Liu Zhang's command.
However, unlike Ma Teng's method of loyalty, Ma Yue, Pang De and others truly surrendered to Liu Zhang and recognized Liu Zhang as their leader.
All this was due to Ma Teng's persuasion. He knew very well that Liu Zhang did not want small forces to exist among the forces.
Liu Zhang treated Ma Teng so kindly, and Ma Teng reciprocated the kindness and gave Liu Zhang a big surprise.
Pang De's surrender completely surprised Liu Zhang. He didn't expect that Ma Teng just gave an order to do what he failed to do despite all his talk!
With Pound's character, after recognizing his master, there is no possibility of rebellion.
The addition of Ma Teng's army is the only good news among all the bad news.
The addition of Liangzhou Jingqi can be regarded as adding a lot of strength to Liu Zhang, and the number of soldiers and horses directly increased to 65,000.
Although Xun You and Pang Tong still privately suggested to Liu Zhang that it was not advisable to let Ma Teng lead so many troops, and that some hostages should be left behind.
In the end, Liu Zhang decided to follow his own inherent ideas: don't use the people you doubt, and don't trust the people you employ.
Now that the Yizhou Army is in danger, Ma Teng is willing to risk his son Ma Chao and the Liangzhou Qiang people to help him, which is definitely a timely help.
If Liu Zhang had doubts, it would inevitably make the desperate Ma Teng feel chilled.
Now surrounded by strong enemies, we are still not sure of victory even if we work together, let alone mutual suspicion and intrigue?
Therefore, Liu Zhang issued strict orders from the first day of the expedition that no one should doubt Ma Teng and the newly joined Liangzhou Jingqi.
Ma Teng and other Liangzhou generals were deeply moved. I am afraid there is no monarch other than Liu Zhang who can be so kind to the people who have just surrendered. He immediately said that he would only obey Liu Zhang's orders!
There were more than 20,000 elite cavalry in Liangzhou, and Liu Zhang did not retain all of them. He divided them into three, with Ma Teng, Ma Yue, and Pang De each leading one.
Ma Teng had no objection to Liu Zhang's decision and took the initiative to assist Liu Zhang in completing the deployment.
The road from Jixian to Yuzhong was more than four hundred miles. Fortunately, the road was relatively flat. Liu Zhang spent another fifteen days marching and finally arrived outside Yuzhong City.
This time Han Sui was obviously much more pragmatic and deployed three thousand defenders in Yuzhong City to resist.
But trying to stop Liu Zhang from invading Jincheng County with 3,000 men is tantamount to wishful thinking!
With the cooperation of the barbarian soldiers, Wuwei camp, and Huwei camp, Yuzhong City's defense force was completely shattered in just three days.
Just when everyone thought that Liu Zhang had won the victory and was preparing to take advantage of the victory, the Yizhou army fell silent.
After Liu Zhang occupied Yuzhong City, he seemed to be satisfied with the current status quo and no longer had any intention of getting involved in Jincheng County.
Liu Zhang was not in a hurry to destroy Han Sui or take over Jincheng, but he made Han Sui, the governor of Liangzhou, unable to sit still.
Jincheng is the seat of Jincheng County and the governor's office of Liangzhou.
Jincheng has always been Han Sui's base camp. After Han Sui was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, he also moved the governor's office of Liangzhou to Jincheng.
In the entire governor's office, Han Sui's influence was no longer the only one.
Not only the five chiefs of the Qiang tribe, but also Ma Chao, who had hated Han Sui before, were all present!
"Heads of the clan, General Ma, Liu Zhang has stopped in Yuzhong. I wonder what conspiracy he is brewing!"
Han Sui's face was heavy, and his eyebrows were twisted into the character "Sichuan".
After the Battle of Didao, Liu Zhang has become Han Sui's nightmare. Even the opponent's breath will be regarded as an early warning of conspiracy by Han Sui!
"Lord, it seems Liu Zhang has seen through our plan."
Han Sui turned to look at the speaker, who was none other than Cheng Gongying, the wisest man under his command.
Cheng Gongying, whose surname is Cheng Gong and given name is Ying, is from Jincheng County and has known Han Sui for many years.
Cheng Gongying was a calm man and not good at conspiracy, which was somewhat incompatible with Han Sui's character.
Cheng Gongying and Han Sui had known each other for many years and had been loyal to them for many years, but they had never been reused.
Han Sui has encountered almost no major crises since the separatist rule, and the forces under his command can be said to be flourishing.
Therefore, even though Han Sui knew Cheng Gongying's talents, he did not put him to great use because of his personality.
After listening to Fazheng's conspiracy and being defeated this time, Han Sui learned from the pain. Only then did he realize the importance of steady development and immediately promoted Cheng Gongying to military advisor.
The arrangement of the three thousand garrison troops in Yuzhong City was Cheng Gongying's first policy since he became the military advisor.
Now Jincheng County has ambushed hundreds of thousands of troops, waiting for Liu Zhang to lead his army to die.
In order to seduce Liu Zhang, Cheng Gongying put up a slight resistance in Yuzhong, intending to make Liu Zhang mistakenly think that Han Sui was still fighting a trapped beast.
Three thousand people were no more than no less, just enough to cause trouble to Liu Zhang without causing too much difficulty.
Unfortunately, these arrangements did not achieve the expected results. Liu Zhang stopped moving forward after occupying Yuzhong City, which declared the failure of Cheng Gongying's plan.
"Military advisor, don't worry. Liu Zhang is a treacherous man, and you need to be upright when fighting against him."
Han Sui showed a gentle smile, instead of blaming him, he comforted him.
Cheng Gongying was the only wise man and military advisor under his command, so Han Sui had to rely on him even more.
At this time, Ma Chao snorted coldly and looked at Han Sui disdainfully.
"Hmph! I have long said that I would lead the army to attack directly! But you just didn't listen, and instead lost Yuzhong!"
"Yuzhong was originally a strong city and could be used as our stronghold, but now it belongs to Liu Zhang. It's really ridiculous!"
Cheng Gongying had a calm personality and was not angry at all when Ma Chao was scolded. On the contrary, Yan Xing who was standing by him suddenly became furious.
"Ma Chao, do you think this is the martial prowess of your Ma family? Let me tell you, this is Jincheng! Please show some respect!"
How could Ma Chao endure Yan Xing's unscrupulous threats? He slammed the table and pointed at Yan Xing angrily.
"Yan Xing, you are looking for death!"
Yan Xing was not afraid and immediately walked up to Ma Chao.
"Want to fight one on one? I'm always with you!"
Ma Chao and Yan Xing were facing each other tit for tat. No one was willing to give in. Neither of them took the other seriously. It seemed that a bloody battle was about to break out in the room!
At this moment, Cheng Gongying, who was accused by Ma Chao, walked between the two and quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Generals, calm down!"
