Han Suiyan ordered the entire army to advance at full speed. Sure enough, he came to Guzang City before dark. At this time, he was full of energy and was full of anger. He secretly decided to teach Wei Yan a good lesson and avenge his son-in-law Yan Xing.

However, when he saw clearly the soldiers who were in a state of caution on the top of the city, his heart suddenly skipped a beat because he knew that there was basically no hope of siege.

"I really didn't expect that Wei Yan's movements were so fast, and he completely occupied Guzang in such a short time and completed such strict guards." Han Sui's face was bitter. No matter how anxious he was, he knew that when Wei Yan's entire army was focused and alert and had high morale, he could not conquer the city no matter how hard he tried. Since that was the case, it would be better to retreat.

"I will order the entire army immediately retreated and headed to Jincheng." Han Sui sighed. Since he knew that things could not be done, it would be in vain to stay. Since that's the case, let's go.

This time, Han Sui left very simply and decisively, without any delay. Although the entire army was very tired, he did not stop at all.

The reason why Han Sui walked so fast was not only because he understood that he was here for nothing, but also because he was afraid of being chased or ambushed by Wei Yan. At the same time, there was a third reason. Since Wuwei was impossible, Jincheng naturally thought it was more important, so he had to rush back as soon as possible to avoid other changes.

So Han Sui led a large army to Jincheng. In order to arrive in the fastest time, he didn't even care about the soldiers who were left behind. As a result, when he finally came to the territory of Jincheng County, he looked back at him, and there were only three thousand people left.

In fact, when he saw this result, Han Sui was still very sad. He brought 20,000 troops to fight for Wuwei. He thought he could take it easily, but not only did he not take Wuwei, but he came back in a mess, with only 3,000 soldiers left under his command.

Such a person is not even comparable to the soldiers of a county. It is too difficult to gain a foothold among the heroes.

However, Han Sui still had confidence because he felt that although he had few people under his command, weren’t there many ordinary people in Jincheng? Because these ordinary people were in the border area and were mostly martial, they wanted to recruit thousands or tens of thousands more people. The problem was not too big. With this army and the alliance with the Qiang people, it was not difficult to defend Jincheng. Once the world changes, he might not be able to take the opportunity to expand his territory, restore his past glory, and even build a foundation that is bigger than before.

However, just when Han Sui was full of confidence, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. This person was Cheng Yi, the general who was left by him in Jincheng.

"Cheng Yi? Why are you here? Do you know I'm coming back? It seems that your brain has become much smarter." Han Sui felt better after seeing Cheng Yi and smiled faintly at Cheng Yi.

But Cheng Yi thrust down on the ground with a pounce, and said in tears: "Lord, it's not good. Just after the Han army left, Ma Teng actually led his army to suddenly attack Jincheng. Zhang Heng was killed, Liang Xing, candidate, Cheng Yin, and Li Kan, the four guys, directly chose to surrender. So now, Jincheng is gone. Fortunately, Ma Teng did not kill them all. Our family is still in Jincheng, and our lives are safe. Lord, no matter what, you and him are also sworn brothers. You have to find a way to get your family back, otherwise we will be finished."

When Han Sui heard this, he said in disbelief: "What? Ma Teng? How is this possible? Isn't Ma Teng in Chang'an? Why did he come here?"

Cheng Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that Ma Teng pledged all his children to Chang'an, and took the initiative to order Pang De, the general who was originally captured by Pei Qing, to surrender to Pei Qing, to gain Pei Qing's trust. After learning about the battle situation in Wuwei, he immediately requested to lead his army to Jincheng to create pressure on his lord. The lord also knew that although Ma Teng was from Maoling, Youfufeng, he had great prestige in the Xiliang army and among the Qiang people. So as soon as his army arrived, all the soldiers of our army were panicked. The most important thing was that he fabricated rumors that the lord had already died, and many people believed it, so he surrendered to Ma Teng..."

"This Ma Teng is really hateful. He ignores brotherly friendship and takes over my territory. I, Han Sui, will avenge this hatred sooner or later!" Han Sui gritted his teeth and cursed Ma Teng.

However, after the scolding, Han Sui still had to consider his next plan. After all, Jincheng had been lost, and it was simply a delusion to regain Jincheng with only the few troops under his command.

"For the sake of the present, I'm afraid the safest thing is to welcome the family first, because if there were no such family members, all the soldiers under my command would collapse. Without them, how could I start a business?"

When Han Sui thought of this, he decided to go to Ma Teng to negotiate in person and return to the families of the soldiers in the army to completely stabilize the morale of the army.

Cheng Gongying persuaded Han Sui not to do this. With the current situation, it would be better to lead the army directly to Zhangye. Although their strength is relatively weak now, they are definitely sure to fully control the three counties of Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, thus laying the foundation for hegemony.

However, Han Sui was still unmoved and insisted on negotiating with Ma Teng, hoping that Ma Teng could care about his past relationship and return to the families of his soldiers.

However, what is disappointing is that although Ma Teng agreed to meet Han Sui, he did not intend to release him. He only promised to let Han Sui's family go, and even Zhang Heng's family was not allowed.

Han Sui was furious when he heard this. He said to Ma Teng: "Brother Shoucheng, you are my brother, we are sworn brothers, but I didn't expect you to be so heartless that you would not let go even a few thousand families!"

But when Ma Teng was embarrassed, he spread his hands and said, "Brother, I'm very embarrassed about this matter. The main reason is that you betray the court. Even the emperor and Mr. Pei were extremely angry. Mr. Pei made it clear that he was not allowed to hand over his family to you. What can I do? Besides, I have taken the risk of agreeing to return your family to you. This is already very difficult. If you are angry, then you should hate Mr. Pei, or you should hate yourself. You are ruthless, but you actually fight against Mr. Pei. Now that you have such a result, I can't help you. According to me, you'd better surrender to Mr. Pei. In this way, not only will the families of the soldiers in the army come back, but you may even become rich in the future. In fact, you and I know that with Mr. Pei's strength, we want to control one side, and there is almost no such possibility. Why do you have to spend this effort?"

"I'll think about this." Han Sui sighed, then said goodbye to Ma Teng, and then prepared to leave the city to meet with his troops.

However, just when he had just arrived not far from the city gate, he was suddenly assassinated by dozens of assassins. When Han Sui saw this scene, he immediately understood that Ma Teng didn't want to live at all.

"Although he advised me like this, he still has ambition."

Although he had already understood all this at this time, Han Sui did not have the ability to protect himself, and he immediately accepted the facts with a desperate look on his face.

"Although I'm going to die here, I know that Ma Teng is destined to have a good life in the future. Since that's the case, I'll take a step first and wait to reunite with you under the fountains."
Chapter completed!