The Three Kingdoms of the Lu family

Han Sui's plan is not bad. Marrying his daughter to Yan Xing will not only firmly bind Yan Xing and make Yan Xing work for him all the time, but also prevent Ma Teng from being able to win over Yan Xing because of his in-laws.

The most important thing is that once Yan Xing married his daughter, the news spread to Tianshui, and the state army would definitely kill Yan Xing's family to take revenge.

As long as Yan Xing's family is also killed, Yan Xing can only follow this path with all his heart.

Such a good idea of ​​killing three birds with one stone, Han Sui will not let it go, and he has strengthened his determination to marry his daughter to Yan Xing. Although his daughter is still a little young, only 13 years old, age is by no means a problem.

"It's so decided! General Yan, you are ready to prepare. I will let you get married in the past few days!" Han Sui did not give Yan Xing a chance to refuse. He laughed and patted Yan Xing's shoulder heavily. He walked out of the barracks in stride, and went back to make plans for his marriage.

Inside the military tent, Yan Xing's face turned green and pale. Although he was not very smart, he knew the consequences of marrying Han Sui's daughter. He was shocked and hated in his heart. It was not until Han Sui left that he realized that this marriage , he can't agree!

"Prepare the horse, I want to make it clear to the lord face to face!"

After reacting, Yan Xing immediately ordered people to prepare horses to chase Han Sui, and wanted to reject Han Sui's proposal, but Han Sui was old and cunning, and after telling the marriage, he immediately rushed back to the mansion.

Han Sui, who returned to the mansion, immediately dispatched people to all directions to publicize that he was going to marry his daughter to Yan Xing. In an instant, the entire Jincheng was a sensation. [

After Ma Teng heard about it, his face was ugly, but he had to send people to congratulate Han Sui, and the rest of Cheng Yin and others also sent people to send gifts to express their congratulations.

In this way, under Han Sui's deliberate manipulation, Yan Xing didn't even have the chance to refuse. The news that he was going to marry Han Sui's daughter caused a sensation in Jincheng and spread to Tianshui at the fastest speed.

The land of Tianshui is now a huge barracks.

All the densely packed military tents outside the city were stationed here.

Zang Ba, who was on an expedition to the Qiang people, also followed Han Sui's retreat and led his troops back to Tianshui. He even brought a large number of Qiang people's horses, plus the horses originally confiscated, and there were four or five more in the Bingzhou army. Thousands of strong horses.

Among these war horses, 7000 of them were filled by Lu Yi into the army. Together with the original cavalry, Zhao Yun's light cavalry was expanded to [-] people.

They are led by Zhao Yun, Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu respectively.

Since then, the total number of Lu Yi's cavalry has also reached 1. Although it is still not as many as Ma Teng's cavalry, there is not much difference between the two sides when it comes to the elite level.

While Ma Teng was busy gathering soldiers and gathering food and grass, Lu Yi also took the opportunity to ask Zhao Yun to organize the light cavalry to form an effective combat force. They would be the main combat force against the Ma cavalry attack.

As for Zhang Liao's heavy cavalry, there was no change, they were still [-] cavalry, which were the most terrifying weapon of the Bingzhou Army.

On this day, Lu Yi stood at the head of Tianshui City as usual, watching the army drill outside, checking the intelligence from various places, and handling the official affairs of Yizhou.

Although the land of Hanzhong left great talents such as Yuan Huan who are good at political strategy, there are still many things in Yizhou Xinding that require Lu Yi to nod in person.

For example, Liu Biao's envoys for help came to Hanzhong in waves.

At this time, Lu Yi was holding a letter written by Liu Biao himself, and carefully read it. On it, Liu Biao thanked Lu Yi for his help, especially Huo Jun and Li Yan, both of whom Liu Biao promoted quickly. Entrusted with important tasks, plus Wenpin Cai Mao, and Huang Zu and other generals, Jingbei finally stabilized its position and would not be surprised by Liu Bei's troops.

It's just that the situation in Jingbei is stable, but the situation in Jingnan is not optimistic. After Liu Bei captured Changsha, he immediately divided his troops into two groups and attacked Guiyang all the way. [

Another group of people who attacked Wuling encountered Li Yan and Huo Jun who had fallen to Wuling in an emergency. Together with Wuling prefect Jinxuan, they desperately blocked Guan Yu's attack.

The two sides fell into a stalemate, but after all Liu Bei's subordinates had many strong generals, Jingzhou could not come up with any generals to rival Guan Yu and others, so Liu Biao could only send a letter to Hanzhong, asking the Bingzhou Army to send a strong general to help him Resist Liu Bei's attack.

Seeing this, Lu Yi shook his head. Although he has a strong general, he wants to use them against Ma Teng. How could he send them there for Liu Biao?It's almost the same when he captures Guan Long.

He was about to ask Lu Zhan to write a letter to Liu Biao to decline, but at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and he saw Jia Xu running up the tower with a smile, and said with a smile, "My lord, there is news from Jincheng!"

"But what happened to Han Sui?" Seeing Jia Xu's happy look, Lu Yi smiled slightly, guessing something in his heart.

Jia Xu nodded, stroked his beard and said: "Exactly, the spies came to report, Han Sui married the young girl to Yan Xing, and the time was set in three days' time!"

"Three days? This Han Sui really can't wait!" Lu Yi sneered immediately when he heard this. Han Sui's move seemed to win people's hearts, but in fact he wanted to trap Yan Xing's family and death, and then force Yan Xing to go with him. go to the end.

If he used such a trick at the beginning, he might be fooled, but with Jia Xu and others around him, Han Sui's strategy is destined to fail.

Even Lu Yi was a little grateful for Han Sui's help in his heart. If Han Sui hadn't made such a move, he really wasn't sure that he would be able to persuade Yan Xing to defect.

But now, a smile appeared on the corner of Lu Yi's mouth, and he looked at Jia Xu and said, "Military Master, now that the fish have appeared, tell me, what kind of bait should we use?"

"My lord, this is exactly what I want to tell you!" Jia Xu became serious, with a cold light flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Ma Teng stationed troops in Jincheng, and the reason why he didn't attack for a long time was to unify the coalition forces. Then we advance, we must not let the coalition forces unite! We must destroy it from within!"

"What the military adviser said is true! You don't need to ask me how to do it, just do it!" Lu Yi nodded in agreement, and didn't ask any more questions, but just handed over the splitting of the coalition forces to Jia Xu.

He believed that Jia Xu would handle things properly.It would be superfluous to intervene by yourself.

What Lu Yi is waiting for now is the arrival of the crossbow carts from Hanzhong, he doesn't want to worry too much about the rest, just leave it to his subordinates.

Jia Xu nodded, didn't say much, stepped back, and started to make some arrangements for Han Sui's reaction. Not long after, another fast horse set off at high speed, heading for Jincheng.

Although the Bingzhou Army and the Allied Army were at war, it was not difficult to infiltrate a few spies. Soon, the spies who were ordered to infiltrate came outside Yan Xing's barracks again.Send another letter.

The personal guard didn't dare to neglect, and hurried in with a letter to report.

At this time Yan Xing was still in the barracks, with a gloomy expression on his face, and then thought that in two days, he would marry Han Sui's daughter, Yan Xing gritted his teeth, dare not speak out!

Hearing the footsteps of the guards, he didn't look up, just buried his head in drinking, and said in a muffled voice: "But if anyone comes to congratulate him, just throw it out! I won't have time to see them!"

"General, no one came to congratulate you! It's just that someone sent you a letter!" The guard held the letter above his head respectfully.Just walk over.

But before he was allowed to take a step, a gust of wind had already blown towards his face, Yan Xing almost rushed over, snatched the letter, opened it for a few glances, his face was cloudy and uncertain.After a long while, he laughed loudly, put his hand on his forehead and said: "It's lucky, otherwise I would have become that unfilial person! Forget it, since you are not benevolent, don't blame the general for being unrighteous!"

Raising his hand and waving away the trembling personal guards, Yan Xing carefully put away the letter, thought about it for a while and felt uneasy, then lit the candle again, burned the letter, and then picked up the wine glass to drink up the remaining wine.

When he looked up again, his eyes showed a murderous intent!

"Come on, prepare a horse!"

Yan Xing yelled towards the outside, then got up with his sword, and strode out of the military tent.Without letting the guards follow, Yan Xing wandered around Jincheng all the way, and gradually came to Cheng Yin's residence.

As a feudal lord, Cheng Yin's residence is extremely gorgeous, and Jincheng is Cheng Yin's old nest. The Cheng family is naturally more dignified, but there is only one bad thing, that is, Cheng Yin's first wife is jealous, and Cheng Yin married three times in a row. All the concubines were killed by their main wives.

There was no other way, Cheng Yin had no choice but to keep a foreign house in the city, and kept a concubine secretly without letting his wife know about it. Even the people in Jincheng rarely knew about this matter.But they couldn't hide it from the generals in Guanzhong.

Going to the door, after Cheng Yin went out, Yan Xing quietly followed behind, followed Cheng Yin to a house with three courtyards.

Seeing that Cheng Yin entered with his head held high, and there was only one confidant guarding outside, Yan Xing didn't hesitate anymore, raised his head and pressed his sword, and strode over.

……

In the early morning of the next day, something happened that immediately caused a sensation in Jincheng!Cheng Yin, the prefect of Jincheng, was found dead in the home of a concubine in a foreign house. At the same time, Cheng Yin's concubine's family and a personal guard were also killed.

Because Cheng Yin's outer house was far away from the downtown area, there were few people living there. It was not until the next day that a passer-by passed by and found the fallen body outside the door.

When the news came out, the whole city was immediately shocked, and Ma Teng was even more furious on the spot!Vow to find out the murderer and avenge Cheng Yin!However, when Ma Teng led the generals in Guanzhong to investigate Cheng Yin's body, he unexpectedly found a horse character written in blood next to Cheng Yin's body!

"It's impossible!" When he saw the horse characters written in blood on the ground, Ma Teng's face turned pale instantly, and he felt as if he had fallen into a huge conspiracy.He even swore on the spot to show his innocence, thinking that this incident must have been framed by the Bingzhou Army.

Han Sui and others immediately agreed with Ma Teng's opinion, thinking that it was very likely that the assassins of the Bingzhou Army did it, but everyone felt huge suspicion in their hearts when they saw the word "horse". .

Inside the coalition army, a gossip was secretly circulated, saying that it was a lie that Ma Teng united with the generals to resist the merger of the state army, and that the real goal of the Ma family was to annex the generals and dominate Xiliang.

Once the rumors spread, they simply couldn't stop.Coupled with the help of people with good intentions, the news that Ma Teng and his son were going to annex Xiliang, within a few hours, even ordinary people in Jincheng knew about it.

Han Sui and other generals in Guanzhong were in danger, but Ma Teng was so angry that he almost vomited blood!He was truly wronged this time. Although he intended to annex the generals, he hadn't done it yet.

Ma Teng hastily sent someone to explain to the generals, and swore again and again to show his innocence. It was rare that Han Sui was the first to stand up and unswervingly support him.

But Han Sui even suggested that if the Ma family had no intention of annexing Xiliang, the best way would be to divide Cheng Yin's soldiers and horses equally among the other generals, especially Li Kan, the two weakest princes.

As soon as this proposal came out, the candidates and others immediately agreed, feeling that their chance to stand up had come, and Ma Wan and others also agreed one after another, wanting to carve up Cheng Yin's troops.

Ma Teng vomited blood directly, and it was even more impossible to accept Han Sui's suggestion, but directly ordered Ma Chao to incorporate all Cheng Yin's soldiers and horses into his army.

Such a result naturally did not satisfy the generals, especially Baohan Song Jian, who did not belong to the generals, and had always been on his own side, and he did not interfere with the generals in Guanzhong.It was only when I heard that Bingzhou's army was strong that I was afraid of endangering myself, so I sent troops to help.

Now that Cheng Yin was dead and Ma Teng annexed Cheng Yin's troops, Song Jian feared that he would follow in Cheng Yin's footsteps, so he hurried back to Baohan secretly with his men under the cover of night.

At this time, Ma Teng was still worried about Cheng Yin, and it was not until the next day that he heard the news that Song Jian had withdrawn his troops, and Ma Teng almost fainted out of breath.Immediately ordered someone to find Ma Chao and others to come to the military tent to discuss matters.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Teng's face was livid, looking at Ma Chao and the others who were sitting there, he said with a sad face, "Cheng Yin is dead, and Song Jian was forced to leave after hearing the rumors. What should we do?"

Ma Chao's eyes turned cold when he heard the words, and he said in a deep voice: "Father, Song Jian turned his back on the alliance, and this is contempt for us! My child is willing to lead five thousand cavalry, and go after this man, and he will definitely behead him!"

"Brother can't!"

Seeing Ma Chao's murderous intent, Ma Dai hurriedly stopped him, shaking his head and said, "If we do this, wouldn't it be true that we killed Cheng Yin? The rest of the generals in Guanzhong will serve uncle as the leader of the alliance?"

"Where is there so much nonsense? In my opinion, we should simply summon all the generals and kill them all! My Ma family happens to unify Xiliang, and then I will fight Nalu Yi!" Ma Chao said murderously, swallowing Ma Dai one time.

Ma Teng was also a little moved, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "Meng Qi's words are not right. Now that the enemy is in front of us, if we fight among ourselves, it will just do what Lu Yi wants! According to the old man, we should strike first. Retire and merge with the state army is the best! It may be nights and dreams, we can raise troops and fight to Tianshui!"

"But father, our soldiers haven't finished training yet, and we haven't controlled the soldiers and horses in the hands of the generals!" Matthew said with some distress.

Ma Teng's face changed when he heard the words. Indeed, as long as he was given more time, although he could not annex the generals, he could barely control the generals' troops.But when Song Jian thought of leaving, rumors spread in the barracks that the Ma family would annex Xiliang.Ma Teng couldn't sit still. ,

Ma Dai also had a gloomy face, and said extremely worriedly: "Uncle is right, the coalition forces are now full of conflicts, if we delay any longer, I'm afraid there will be changes, we should enter the army as soon as possible and divert everyone's attention!"

"That's right, we can't delay any longer! The troops must be marched immediately to capture Tianshui!" Ma Teng also took Ma Dai's words seriously, and hurriedly ordered someone to send an order for the army to prepare to set off and enter Tianshui!

As soon as the military order was issued, more than 4 coalition soldiers immediately set off and approached Tianshui. However, although the generals in Guanzhong barely started on the road, they were no longer united as before.They were all on guard against each other, tightly holding onto the military power in their hands, not daring to let go in the slightest.

Although Ma Teng knew it, he could only turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye. He simply used [-] elite soldiers as the center, led by Ma Chao, and selected Li Kan and other remnants as the left. Pound lead.

The soldiers and horses on the right were Han Sui and Ma Wan, who joined forces to form a large army on the right. In this way, the soldiers were divided into three groups and approached Tianshui.

As soon as the soldiers and horses of the coalition army moved, the spies in charge of the investigation immediately got the news and did not dare to neglect.In a hurry, he ran back to Tianshui to report.In Tianshui City, there was an immediate commotion.

Lu Yi was also slightly surprised. He didn't believe that Ma Teng was able to integrate all the soldiers and horses of the generals in Guanzhong in just a few days. The only possibility was that Jia Xu's alienation worked.

Just at this time, the craftsman battalion in Hanzhong was already working hard, and produced a large number of crossbow carts and sent them to the army. Zang Ba's soldiers and horses also returned to aid. In the land of today's water, the size of the Bingzhou army is close to 6 people.

there is always a solution to a problem!

Ma Teng took the initiative to attack, and Lu Yi naturally welcomed him, which was much more convenient than him going deep into Xiliang to fight everywhere.Hearing that on the day Ma Teng entered the army, Lu Yi immediately ordered to shrink his troops and concentrate them in the Tianshui area to defend against Ma Teng's attack.

For this reason, Lu Yi even asked the Bingzhou Army to abandon several small counties on the way of the coalition army.In order to lure Ma Teng to continue to go deep into the Tianshui area.

At the same time, Ji Ling, who was stationed at Yangping Pass, was also transferred to the Wudu area by a military order from Lu Yi. While relocating the Di people in the mountains to live in the plains, he was training soldiers and horses to prepare for support at any time.

After all, Ma Teng's subordinates are elite, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the strongest soldiers in Xiliang. If it were not for Han Sui and other generals in Guanzhong to check each other, Xiliang would have been dominated by the Ma family long ago.

At the same time, the coalition forces under Commander Ma Teng set off from Jincheng, passed through Nan'an, and entered Tianshui territory. After finding that the Bingzhou Army did not resist, they also moved forward and quickly approached Tianshui City.

Three days later, the scouts from both sides met for the first time on the plain dozens of miles outside the city, and engaged in a small-scale chasing battle.

At this moment, Lu Yi was in the army, inspecting the crossbow carts transported from Hanzhong. When he heard that Ma Teng's army had arrived, his expression turned cold, but he didn't show the slightest surprise.Still looking at the well-made ballistas with great interest.

Next to Lu Yi, there was Pu Yuan, a famous craftsman, who accompanied him and carefully explained that Pu Yuan was not only an expert at forging knives, but also very experienced in making instruments, and he was also the master of the craftsman camp.

After hearing that Lu Yi was going to make ballistas, it was Pu Yuan who gathered all the craftsmen in Yizhou day and night to rush to make them, and even personally escorted them to the front line.In order to get Lu Yi's attention.

Lu Yi also understood Pu Yuan's thoughts quite well. Looking at the ballistas lined up neatly, his eyes showed a gleam of fiery light. After looking at all the ballistas one by one, Lu Yi immediately told Pu Yuan: " For these ballistas, you immediately select soldiers to practice, and when Ma Teng's army arrives, these things will be of great use!"