Han Sui rushed all the way, gathered Cheng Gongying who had arrived from Zhaowu, and arrived near Shandan before dawn. Then Han Sui took Yan Xing, Li Chen and Cheng Yin straight to the city gate.

"Who is under the city?"

"I am the prefect of Zhangye, Han Sui. Because Ma Teng and Zhang Liao sneaked into Zhangye City, Zhangye City was broken. Now he is coming to ask General Xu Rong for help and open the door quickly!"

The defenders on the city were shocked when they heard this, but they had not lost their composure. On the one hand, they sent people to report to Xu Rong, but they still refused to open the city easily.

"However, is there any letter? Why didn't Lord Zhang Ji and no letters come?"

"Of course, you can put down the blue. As for Lord Zhang Ji, he was already burned when the city was broken. Since the enemy was raiding at night and there were strange people working inside and outside, the city fell very quickly, so there was no time to send a message to report. The enemy was still chasing him, so quickly open the door and let us enter!"

"Ah!? Are there pursuers behind? How far is the distance?" The guard in the city asked while putting down Jailan, and Han Sui put his seal in it.

"It should be there in a moment!"

Before Han Sui finished speaking, a faint sound of horse hooves sounded in the darkness in the distance. Listening to the movement, there were quite a few!

The guards on the city saw Han Sui's seal and saw that there were only about two hundred people under the city, and the armor seemed to be a little broken and blood-stained. He believed it, and the patient opened the city gate!

When the city gate opened, Han Sui and Yan Xing rushed in. As soon as several generals entered the city gate, they shouted, and the sharp blades in their hands flew, killing all the soldiers under the city. Then they rushed up the city wall along the ramp, killing the guards who were about to issue an alarm, and jamming the mechanism of the Broken Dragon Stone.

When Xu Rong rushed to the city gate, he found that a large number of Han Sui cavalry had rushed into the city and rushed into the city along the street. Xu Rong immediately called on the remaining troops to retreat to the east gate. While gathering command troops to set up obstacles along the road to block the pursuers, he also ordered the barracks in the city to break through to the east gate, and the defenders on the city gathered east along the city wall!

After most of the troops were concentrated, Xu Rong ordered people to set fires everywhere on the streets. Then he took the opportunity to evacuate the east gate and retreated to Rile City in a panic, but Han Sui did not chase after him.

Han Sui's purpose was not to kill Xu Rong's troops. At this time, it was meaningless to be able to destroy Xu Rong immediately. Not to mention invading Wuwei, he would have a lot of troops from Ma Teng, Zhang Liao and Sima Fang to encircle and suppress him, so Han Sui's purpose was only one, that is, to obtain a large amount of grass in Shandan, and then lead the troops through Hexi County to surrender Lu Bu!

Lu Bu is Han Sui's only choice now, and it is also the result of Han Sui's repeated thinking. If it weren't for Ma Teng, Han Sui would definitely choose to surrender to Fang Zhiwen, but Ma Teng has established a good relationship with Fang Zhiwen. After he turned against Ma Teng and became enemies, he obviously could not be in the same camp with Ma Teng anymore.

As for Sima Fang, it was even worse. Sima Fang had originally distrustred Han Sui, but now Zhang died in an unknown way. No matter what the reason was, Sima Fang would not continue to reuse and trust Han Sui.

There are actually not many choices left, and the best among them, and the most recent choices are Gongsun Zan and Lu Bu. No matter how stupid people are, they know that since they are going to rely on others, they must find someone with a better reputation. If Emperor Dingtao doesn't go to vote, wouldn't it be better to vote for Gongsun Zan, a small prince? If Fang Zhiwen wrote a letter to ask Gongsun Zan to hand over his wife, Gongsun Zan might really sell Han Sui.

After making up his mind, Han Sui decisively launched a sneak attack on Xu Rong. Sure enough, Han Sui, who had food and supplies, quickly gathered his troops and gathered Liang Xing, Zhang Heng, Yang Qiu, Cheng Gongying, and Yan Xing's troops in Shandan. With Cheng Yin and Li Chen who had been following Han Sui, he quickly entered the Gobi Desert east after a little rectification.

Ma Teng and Zhang Liao picked up Zhangye, Zhaowu, Dita, and Shandan for free without any effort. Nearly 600,000 people fell into their hands. Ma Teng admired Xu Shu's series of disagreements and no longer had the idea of ​​doing it right.

"Mr. Xu can conquer the city without using swords and guns. General Wu is so impressed!"

Although Ma Teng's words meant to be complimentary, they were also sincere. This kind of flattery that is not a flattery is the highest level of complimenting people.

Zhang Liao nodded in agreement, Xu Shu smiled and shook his head, "It's just a lucky person, but the matter is not over yet!"

"It's not over yet? Are we going to continue attacking Xu Rong? That's the case?"

"No, General Ma misunderstood. Isn't it pointless to do what we did before? I mean, General Ma would better continue to take over other cities in Zhangye County!"

"Ah? How could it be!" Ma Chao asked in surprise.

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the map, and then suddenly said, "Does the military advisor say Han Sui will attack Wuwei and Xuanwei City?"

"No matter whether he attacks or not, he will definitely walk from here. What do you think Xu Rong will do? If he loses Zhangye, it will be a disadvantage in the war. If he loses Wuwei, it will be a dereliction of duty. Therefore, Xu Rong will definitely be busy returning to the army to defend Wuwei and Xuanwei, at least he must chase Han Sui and not let Han Sui attack these two cities."

Ma Teng nodded repeatedly, and Ma Chao admired him even more!

"Then we just need to take over Han Sui in the name of pursuing him?"

"General Ma said, we are going to pursue Han Sui, haha."

"But, will Han Sui turn around and kill Xu Rong?"

"What's the point of eating Xu Rong? Xu Rong is not a weak person. Shandan's defeat was just Han Sui's use of a treacherous plan. If it was a battle, he still didn't know who would win or lose? Doing so would only cause his troops to suffer losses, but he would not get any benefits. Han Sui would not do such a thing."

Ma Teng and Ma Chao nodded together, while Zhang Liao looked at the map and frowned.

When Ma Chao saw this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "General Zhang, why are you not happy? Isn't it a good thing to have a few cities in vain?"

"Haha, Meng Qi, it's really a good thing to do these cities in vain, but you see, your territory has expanded so much at once, which is equivalent to diluting your troops and dividing your troops to defend such a large place, which is not easy."

Ma Teng frowned when he heard this, but this was a trouble after victory. Ma Teng turned his gaze to Xu Shu, which was purely a subconscious, because he felt that Xu Shu would definitely have a good idea.

"Haha, this is simple, just give up Zhangye County!"

"Give up!" Ma Chao asked in confusion. Someone else spit out what he ate into his mouth?

"If you have lost your land, you will have both people and land! Moreover, it will be beneficial to General Ma in the future to use Zhangye County as a buffer for Sima Fang, unless General Ma believes that Sima Fang will sincerely trust General Ma."

"This is probably not possible. I understand. Moving all the population to Jiuquan can enrich Jiuquan County and accelerate the development of Jiuquan County, especially the development along the Huishui coast. On the other hand, it can also give Sima Fang a face and leave a buffer zone."

"Not only, it's not nice to put it. If General Ma and Sima Fang have a quarrel in the future, can this place become a strategic depth?"

"The strategic depth, but hasn't it been returned to Sima's defense? "

"Yes, just sell this place to Yiren. If Sima Fang does not have anything to say about this, he will be a barrier in the future."

"But what should I do if Yiren becomes bigger?"

"The aliens are bigger? With these empty cities?"

Xu Shu looked at Ma Chao with a smile. Ma Chao scratched his head embarrassedly. This sentence was indeed a bit lacking in confidence.

Ma Teng smiled and kept stroking his beard and thinking about his thoughts, but the corners of his mouth were always raised. Zhang Liao glanced at Xu Shu. Xu Shu's idea was not simple. The consequence of doing so was to draw a gap between Ma Teng and Sima Fang! Zhang Liao secretly sighed in his heart, how could there be so many outstanding people under Fang Zhiwen? If these people were all under Brother Lu, then Brother Lu's achievements might be limitless, but a pity.

Xu Shu arranged the dispatch of troops between Ma Teng and Zhang Liao, and then sent Ma Teng and his son out of the military camp, and then ordered people to bring the Ma Wan who was caught in the previous two battles, Cheng Yi and the candidates.

The three of them were wearing regular clothes and were not tied up, so they didn't look like prisoners.

"Please sit down, please. I'm going to ask you about your plans today. Now Han Sui has fled far away and is probably going to the Central Plains to join Lu Bu. Are you willing to change your course and serve my master?"

The three of them looked at each other and felt very complicated. If Xu Shu asked one by one, maybe they might be better off saying it, but in front of their former companions, they were unwilling to be unfaithful and unrighteous people.

Xu Shu glanced at the three of them, their thoughts were clearly written on their faces, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you three think that doing this is unfaithful and unrighteous? You are afraid that you will be laughed at by the people of the world?"

"Isn't it? We are all rough men, so please don't hesitate to teach me!" Cheng Yi is a relatively sleek person and speaks appropriately.

Xu Shu nodded: "I dare not give advice, but I will talk about the suggestions below, for reference by three of you?"

"Sir, please say it!"

Cheng Yi bowed and replied, candidate and Ma Wan nodded reluctantly, and glanced at Cheng Yi at the same time.

"The three are soldiers, and they can grow from a soldier to a general. Among them, there is naturally Han Sui's wisdom and knowledge. This is your friendship with Han Sui and his kindness to reward him. What is the right thing to say?"

"That's true, shouldn't we just give back to our lord, but instead look for another person?"

"Everyone, now you are a prisoner, which means that you have failed after fulfilling your loyalty to Han Sui. Of course, you can also choose to continue to be loyal. However, no matter what, this is actually personal friendship. From a general perspective, Han Sui is just a local warlord. As a soldier, you may have also protected the country and safeguarded the people and fought with foreigners. But most of the time, you are fighting with your compatriots, or even fighting with the court, making your relatives feel happy. You have lost your loyalty to the court, the people, and the nation. Why do you repeatedly claim your loyalty to your private friendship?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!