The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 310: Come as you please, leave as you please? Where is such a good thing?

Qin Shou looked at Linjin City in front of him with a calm expression.

"You stay here, and I will lead the Tiger Guards to Chang'an."

Linjin City had been occupied by Cheng Yi, who had only 15,000 soldiers, equal to Xu Huang. After occupying Linjin, he did not move. Although these Liangzhou warlords invaded together with Ma Chao, they each had their own calculations. It was impossible to expect these people to fight for their lives.

Qin Shou would not leave his main force in Linjin and fight to the death with Cheng Yi. This is not his character. Linjin City is just a matter of time. Once Ma Chao is defeated, Linjin City will naturally return to his hands.

If the other party abandons Linjin City and turns to attack us, we will just defeat them.

"Yes." Xu Huang did not dare to delay and quickly agreed.

"Once you have dealt with Ma Chao, you can attack Shangdang and take charge of Bingzhou. I will promote you to the rank of General Zhenbei."

Qin Shou patted Xu Huang on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, my lord."

Xu Huang was overjoyed.

"Good job."

Qin Shou mounted his horse and led the Huben Army out of Linjin, bypassing Sanfu and heading towards Chang'an.

When Cheng Yi in Linjin City found out, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"General, what happened?" asked the deputy general.

"The Cavalry Army abandoned Linjin City and headed straight for Chang'an. Qin Shou doesn't take us seriously!" Cheng Yi was very angry. After all, he had tens of thousands of troops, and you just left like that?
"With Xu Huang stationed in Linjin, the Cavalry Corps can go and hunt Ma Chao without any worries," the deputy general said nonchalantly.

"What do you think if we withdraw our troops now?"

Cheng Yi suddenly asked.

"Withdraw?" The deputy general looked at Cheng Yi with surprise.

We all joined forces to deal with Qin Shou, but you suddenly withdrew your troops? Will Xiliang Ma Chao let you go?

"Yuan Shao's army of hundreds of thousands couldn't defeat the Prime Minister. Do you think Ma Chao's army can do it? If Ma Chao is defeated, can he still control Xiliang? Han Sui will kill him."

Cheng Yi said disdainfully.

When the news of Guandu came, Cheng Yi knew that he had failed this time. Even Yuan Shao was no match for him, let alone a loose coalition like his own and Ma Chao.

So he thought about withdrawing his troops, at least to preserve his own strength.

In troubled times, strength is the most important thing. If I don't have soldiers, how can Ma Chao care about me? He would have swallowed me up long ago. Qin Shou wouldn't care about me either.

"Where's Ma Chao?" The deputy general was still a little worried.

As the general of Xiliang, Ma Chao has a very high prestige. Once Cheng Yi withdraws his troops, Ma Chao will be the first to suffer. Will Ma Chao let the other party go afterwards?

"The main force of the Cavalry has returned to support us. The Prime Minister has personally led the army here. Ma Chao is no match for the Prime Minister. It is already very good that he can keep his life. As for the soldiers under his command, they cannot be saved."

Cheng Yi shook his head.

He thought clearly that if he stayed here to support Ma Chao, he would surely be defeated and might even lose his life. If he left here, he could keep his troops and even have more choices if there were changes in the future.

As for Ma Chao's life or death, does it have anything to do with me? "Send someone to tell the prime minister that we were deceived by Ma Chao and that's why we invaded the court. Now we will retreat back to Xiliang."

Cheng Yi did what he said. He did not even think of notifying Ma Chao and chose to withdraw his troops without hesitation. He sold out all the alliances between the Western Liang armies and even thought that after he returned, he could take the opportunity to annex a few territories and expand his own power.

"Prime Minister, Cheng Yi has sent someone to ask for surrender."

Sima Yi came with a soldier and presented Cheng Yi's letter.

Qin Shou took a look and sneered, "Now that you see that I defeated Yuan Shao, you are afraid? You want to beg for mercy. Humph! Why didn't he surrender when I was in Linjin a day ago?"

"My lord, our enemy now is Ma Chao. Since Cheng Yi has surrendered, we might as well let him go first. I think the enemy has only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which cannot affect the overall situation. It will not be too late to deal with him after we deal with Ma Chao." Sima Yi persuaded.

Qin Shou thought about it, nodded, and said to the soldier: "Tell Cheng Yi that I will let him go this time. If he dares to do it again next time, I will kill him. Get lost!"

After hearing this, the messenger dared not stay and fled in a panic.

"My lord, all the Xiliang warlords like Cheng Yi are like this. If you hadn't defeated Yuan Shao and returned to Guanzhong, these people would definitely cause chaos in Guanzhong. Now that you're back, they don't dare to do that. Withdrawal is a matter of time, and Cheng Yi is just one of them."

Sima Yi explained.

"How can we come and go as we please in the Han territory?" Qin Shou sneered and said, "Bring me the map."

"Lord."

Sima Yi's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he looked at Qin Shou with horror.

"Warfare is all about deception! Since we are enemies, there is no question of deception. If Cheng Yi had escaped in the past few days, I would not have made such a decision. But now, we are only one day away from Linjin, and he is thinking of escaping. Zhongda, isn't this God's will?"

What else could Sima Yi say after hearing this? Some people seek death, some people are dishonest, and it is destined that such people will achieve hegemony! Poor Ma Chao, he chose a teammate like a pig, and poor Cheng Yi, he chose an opponent like a fox.

"Let's go! Find a place to destroy Cheng Yi, and then fight Ma Chao."

Qin Shou glanced at the map and quickly locked onto his position on the battlefield.

Cheng Yi in Linjin City did not know that his death was approaching. After receiving the news from the messenger, he looked around and said, "We should thank Ma Chao. If he had not betrayed the prime minister, the prime minister would not be so easy to talk to. I am afraid that Linjin City would have been attacked by the prime minister by now."

All the generals nodded in agreement after hearing this. As long as they did not have to face the Cavalry Army, these Xiliang soldiers began to tremble. They fantasized about the scene where after Qin Shou defeated Ma Chao, they could act tyrannically in Xiliang.

"Ma Chao fell, the general was full."

The deputy general said quickly.

"Since Prime Minister has ordered us to withdraw, then we will withdraw."

"However, when withdrawing, we still have to be careful of Xu Huang. This man is very powerful. If he suddenly attacks us, it will be bad."

Cheng Yi was still a little smart and decided to guard against Xu Huang, fearing that Xu Huang would launch a surprise attack on him.

"Does Xu Huang dare to disobey the Prime Minister's order?" The deputy general was a little unconvinced.

"Humph, the Cavalry Army has let us go now. But we will have a battle with him sooner or later. This time he let us go because his main enemy is Ma Chao. Once he has a chance to destroy us, he will definitely not let us go. The same goes for his subordinates. Just wait and see! Once we withdraw, he will definitely follow us and send us out of Sanfu."

Cheng Yi sneered.

The generals nodded secretly, thinking that if this happened to them, it would definitely be the same.

(End of this chapter)