Han Sui was resourceful. After receiving Cao Cao's notice, he began to analyze, believing that Cao Cao could send troops directly from Chang'an to attack Hanzhong. They detoured from Hedong to Xiliang, which was far away. Obviously, it was not just as simple as attacking Hanzhong!

After thinking about it, Han Sui felt that Cao Cao was going to attack and annex Liangzhou. He immediately summoned the generals of Guanzhong, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Yang Qiu, Houxuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Ma Wan, Cheng Yi and others to discuss and unanimously elect Han Sui as the governor, preparing to send troops to Tongguan to fight Cao Cao.

Han Sui originally wanted to notify Ma Chao, but considering that his father and brothers were still hostages in Xuchang, although he was not afraid of him turning to Cao Cao, he still thought it would be better not to let him join.

Although he is Ma Chao's nominal uncle, his qualifications and strategies are not comparable to Ma Chao, but Ma Chao's martial arts are very powerful and deeply supported by the Qiang people. His prestige in the local area is Ma Chao's highest. If Ma Chao is in the alliance, it may not be Han Sui's turn!

Although Han Sui had this selfish intention, for the sake of the overall situation of Xiliang, he could not really hide it from Ma Chao, and he would tie him to a rope.

Although he did not expect Ma Chao to act together, Han Sui sent him a letter, roughly introducing the current situation, and requested him to settle the enemy's troops, to constrain Chang'an, so as to avoid being attacked by the enemy on the back and forth.

After receiving Han Sui's letter, Ma Chao also believed that Cao Cao was a fake plan to destroy Guo. If Han Sui and the others were defeated by Cao Cao, Ma Chao would be unable to support him in the end, and he would have to die. If Ma Chao didn't want to really join Cao Cao, he would not be allowed to stay out of the matter.

After figuring out these key points, Ma Chao actually wanted to participate in Han Sui's anti-Cao alliance, so he directly asked Ma Su for advice:

"You Chang, you have read Han Sui's urgent letter. Do you think I should follow his request, maintain a seemingly neutrality, sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, or directly join forces with them to attack Cao Cao together?"

When Ma Su saw that things had come to this point, even if Ma Chao did not raise an army to rebel against Cao, as long as the news of the chaos in Xiliang was spread, Ma Teng would be very dangerous in Xuchang. It is certain that he was under house arrest, and it is basically impossible to escape!

Ma Su didn't dare to waste his time anymore, so he directly suggested to Ma Chao:

"Brother Meng Qi, now Xiliang has established an alliance against Cao, and chaos in Xiliang is inevitable. I am the envoy of Uncle Liu. Of course, I hope you can send troops to Guanzhong so that Cao Cao cannot take care of each other. Perhaps the Uncle Huang has the opportunity to attack the Central Plains in the north. But as a relative of the Ma family, I have to tell you that you have no chance to hold your troops and watch the tiger fight! You only have two ways to go, either send troops to fight Han Sui and help Cao Cao stabilize the situation in Xiliang; or raise an army with Han Sui and fight Cao Cao, and you must not be on both ends of the rat, and then both ends of the two ends of the rat.

It's not pleasing. No matter what, you have to send your confidant person to Xuchang before Han Sui has taken action, and send a letter to Uncle Ma Teng, so that they can have a clear idea. If you are willing to attack Cao Cao, let your uncle find a way to escape. Only after they escape can you let go! In the letter, you must tell your uncle to let them escape separately and not to escape to Xiliang. That will only be a trap. You should go the other way, sneak to Jingzhou, find protection for Uncle Liu, and then go to Xichuan to return to Xiliang."

When Ma Chao heard this, he was overjoyed. He had thought about notifying his father in advance before the revenge and asked him to escape in advance. However, from Xuchang to Xiliang, the journey from Xuchang to Xiliang was more than a thousand miles away. He was afraid that his father would not be able to escape back to Xiliang, and he would be caught by Cao Cao again halfway!

But if Ma Su's advice and escape to Jingzhou by chance, it would only take hundreds of miles to arrive within a few days. And beyond Cao Cao's expectations, his father and younger brother were 80% sure that they would escape.

Ma Chao did not dare to delay, so he immediately picked up a pen and wrote a secret letter and sent his confidant to Xuchang.

Then Ma Chao wrote another reply letter, asking Han Sui's envoy to take it back, telling him that he would immediately raise an army and join the coalition forces in An Ding, but it would take a certain amount of time to complete the army, so that they could wait for several days.

Ma Chao's army was stationed outside the city, and he was always on guard and could set off immediately. He did this, but in fact he wanted to delay Han Sui's advancement a little and buy time for his father to escape from Xuchang.

Ma Chao prayed in his heart, hoping that his father and younger brother would escape to Jingzhou before the news of their rebellion reached Xuchang.

After making a decision, Ma Chao no longer hesitated and left a few confidant lieutenants to defend Tianshui and other important places!

After arranging the defensive matters, Ma Chao ordered 20,000 elite cavalry and prepared to go to Anding and Han Sui to make a round in person.

Originally, Ma Chao wanted Ma Su to go to Anding with him, but Ma Su had other ideas.

Although Ma Su had been dating Ma Chao for too long and had not left Tianshui for a long time, his guards were not idle and went to inspect the terrain in Xiliang and Guanzhong. For those important places, they were all mapped to preserve them.

A group of people led by Fang Shan discovered a good place in Fuche Mountain during an investigation in Lantian, where they could hide tens of thousands of soldiers and were occupied by a man named Liu Xiongming.

Although Liu Xiongming was not weak, his subordinates were all taken in by him. He established an army mainly to protect himself. There were only thousands of soldiers and horses, and he did not form a large force.

After Fang Shan and the others drew the topographic map there, they gave it to Ma Su, which aroused his strong interest. They wanted to join Liu Xiongming first and set up a plan to let Ma Chao lead the army to suppress and coerce and win over Liu Xiongming's power.

In fact, when Ma Chao was in a hurry, Ma Su came forward to persuade Liu Xiongming to hide under Liu Bei's command, and joined the Xiliang coalition in the name of Liu Bei.

Liu Xiongming was from Lantian at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was young, he practiced martial arts and made a living by collecting herbs and hunting. He often lived at the foot of the mountain of Fuche Mountain, went in and out of the clouds and fog every day, and never got lost. People said that he could provoke the clouds and fog.

When Li Jue and Guo Si were in chaos, many people went to join him in order to avoid military disasters.

Liu Xiongming was generous and stocked up a lot of food and grass in the secret camp. He refused everyone who came to flee, which made him reach his current scale.

Ma Su and Ma Chao made plans and acted separately.

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Ma Teng settled in Xudu. Although he also had his own mansion in the city, he was a little worried and afraid of being plotted against by Cao Cao. Therefore, he stayed in the barracks for most of the time to rest and train with the soldiers so that he could sleep peacefully.

Because Cao Cao issued an order in the name of Emperor Xian of Han to basically allocate the horses of the Xiliang army, the combat effectiveness of this elite cavalry was sharply reduced, and there were less than 200 horses left, all of which were used by Ma Teng's generals and guards, Ma Teng could only retrain them as infantry.

Huang Kui, who was appointed as the marching staff by Cao Cao, has never been replaced. In addition to visiting the military camp, he was also responsible for collecting the supply of food and grass and military supplies, and occasionally drank with Ma Teng for family gatherings.

On that day, Huang Kui escorted food and grass from the city, Ma Teng treated him with wine. When Huang Kui was half drunk, he said to Ma Teng:

"My father Huang Wan died in Li Jue. Guo Si was so angry that he once hated him. He hated his traitor the most. He didn't expect to meet the thief who deceived the king again today!"

Ma Teng thought Huang Kui was angry with his colleagues, and felt a little uneasy. He was about to comfort him, so he asked casually:

"Who is the thief who deceives the king?"
Chapter completed!