Five days later, Liu Zhang, who led the army from Ji County, successfully arrived at Xiangwu City in Longxi.
The final result was exactly the same as that of Ji County. There was almost no defensive force and the city was breached in a matter of seconds.
With a skeptical attitude, Liu Zhang went all the way north and successively captured Zhangxian, Shouyang and Angu.
Liu Zhang was very cautious and took every step he took in Longxi County with caution.
Under such circumstances, it only took a month for the troops to arrive at the Longxi County headquarters and Didao City.
I thought that Didao, who was the governor, would have a completely different resistance, but no one expected that Didao turned out to be an empty city!
Not only were there no defenders, there weren't even any civilians in sight!
Liu Zhang stood outside the gate of Didao City, looking at the open door, he was even more confused.
"Hanyang County doesn't want it anymore, and Longxi County doesn't want it either... This Han Sui is really interesting, he just wants to fight us in Jincheng!"
After the fall of Didao, even if the entire Longxi County was completely pacified, it could almost mean that Han Sui's forces had completely withdrawn from Longxi.
Although Longxi County is connected to Jincheng County, they are separated by endless mountains, so there is no major road.
Of course, for Han Sui, who was familiar with the terrain, sending a small number of troops and horses could still connect Jincheng County and Longxi County.
Therefore, when Liu Zhang confirmed that Han Sui had abandoned Hanyang County, Liu Zhang did not conclude that Han Sui had also abandoned Longxi.
However, with the change of ownership of Didao, it can almost be concluded that Han Sui gave up Longxi.
As long as Liu Zhang places 10,000 troops in Didao, it will be enough to keep the enemy troops from Jincheng County sneaking out of the city, especially the cavalry who are not good at attacking the city!
"Three military advisors, is it possible that Han Sui really made a desperate move? Is it possible that he really planned to bet everything on Yuzhong?"
At this point, Liu Zhang could no longer believe it if he didn't want to. The Longxi county government offices were all empty cities. Is there anything more convincing than this?
"Could it be that Han Sui was defeated at Yangping Pass several times and was frightened by our Yizhou Army?"
Xun You's tone was frivolous, and he couldn't help laughing after he finished speaking.
It seems that the current situation really makes Xun You, Liu Ye and Pang Tong confused.
If Han Sui really had a conspiracy, then the bait was indeed too big, and he even abandoned two counties one after another!
"My lord, didn't you say there was a messenger from Ma Teng? How many days has it been? And he hasn't come yet!"
If Pang Tong hadn't reminded him, Liu Zhang would have even forgotten about it!
After they captured Xiangwu City, they received a message from Huang Zhong, saying that a messenger from Ma Teng was coming.
It's been a month now, and I still haven't seen Ma Teng's messenger.
"Is it possible that you got lost? Haha..."
After Liu Zhang said this, he couldn't help but be amused.
How stupid is Ma Teng to send an envoy who doesn't know the way!
But Liu Zhang never believed that there were hidden Han Sui troops along the way.
If you look at it this way, there is probably no other possibility for this messenger besides getting lost.
"My lord, should we go into the city to rest, or should we arrange for our troops to camp outside?"
Liu Zhang looked up at the sky, thought for a moment and then decided.
"Let's go to town."
It's late now, and it won't be long before it gets dark.
Is it so easy to set up a camp with tens of thousands of troops? If there was no fighting in Longxi County, Liu Zhang would immediately lead his army to bypass Hanyang County and then march to Yuzhong.
At this moment, a soldier quickly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Liu Zhang.
"For your information, my lord, Ma Teng has a messenger coming."
"Oh? Let him come over."
If you really say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here!
Unexpectedly, just now we were discussing the missing Ma Teng messenger, but in the blink of an eye, it would already be here.
"My lord, let's see what Ma Teng says, and we should be able to judge Han Sui's intention."
As soon as Liu Ye finished speaking, Ma Teng's messenger was brought to Liu Zhang.
"Greetings to General Wei, I am here to deliver a message to General Wei as ordered by my lord!"
The messenger was very polite and humble, and Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel relieved.
"No gift. I heard that you came to deliver the letter a month ago. Why did you only arrive today?"
The corners of the messenger's eyes kept twitching, and there was a trace of shame on his face.
"General Qi Wei, I have never been to Hanyang County and Longxi County, so I often get lost..."
Unexpectedly, this messenger actually got lost!
"Okay! Here's the letter, bring it!"
After hearing Liu Zhang's order, the messenger did not dare to delay and quickly took it out from behind and handed it to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang took the thick bamboo slip and read the contents inside carefully.
"General Wei is here, Ma Teng, the governor of Yongzhou, pays homage! Today Han Sui..."
After a long time, Liu Zhang closed the bamboo slips and nodded with some understanding.
"I see. No wonder Han Sui took all his troops back to Jincheng!"
"Lord, how is the situation?"
Seeing Liu Zhang's expression of sudden realization, Xun You and others were also very curious about the content of the letter.
"Han Sui and Ma Teng fought fiercely several times, and both sides suffered heavy losses. In order to ensure the stability of his territory, this Han Wenyu actually took advantage of the Qiang people."
"Han Sui gathered together six Qiang clan chiefs and planned to kill them all, following the murders of Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu. Unexpectedly, the matter was revealed. Instead of killing the Qiang clan chiefs, he was faced with the situation of being attacked from all sides.
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"Han Sui saw that the situation was over, so he had to gather all his troops and gathered them in Jincheng, Jincheng County, which was Han Sui's home base."
"Now the Qiang people have assembled a large army and are preparing to make a complete settlement with Han Sui! Ma Teng has also assembled an army of 50,000 under his command, preparing to give Han Sui a fatal blow!"
"Ma Teng stated in his letter that on the day Han Sui is destroyed, he will surrender all the prefectures and counties under his command to us. In his letter, he asked us to garrison Didao to prevent Han Sui from taking advantage of the chaos and escaping!"
Xun You and the other three looked at each other, as if they were a little overwhelmed by the news.
So shocked!
This is nothing short of pie in the sky!
If we go by Ma Teng's description, the Yizhou Army does not even need to send out a single soldier, and Han Sui will be destroyed!
As soon as Han Sui dies, the entire Jincheng County will immediately lose the motivation to resist. In addition, Ma Teng agrees to surrender, which is equivalent to Liu Zhang losing hundreds of people to completely surrendering Yongliang Prefecture!
"Lord, can you show me next time?"
Upon hearing Liu Ye's request, Liu Zhang handed the bamboo slips to him without hesitation.
Liu Ye looked at the bamboo slips at a glance, and then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha, Han Sui committed suicide. God really helped me in Yizhou. I really want to congratulate my lord!"
Xun You and Pang Tong were slightly stunned. They didn't expect Liu Ye's reaction to be so big!
Han Sui hadn't died yet, and Ma Teng hadn't surrendered yet, so Liu Ye started to celebrate.
However, it didn't take long for Xun You and Pang Tong to become excited and congratulate Liu Zhang at the same time.
"My lord, the smooth surrender of Yongliang and Liangzhou will definitely save us a lot of military strength! We can also completely control the three auxiliary lands in the shortest time possible!"
"What Shi Yuan said is absolutely true! If we follow our plan, we can capture the entire Guanzhong before the Battle of Guandu! By then, no matter who wins or loses, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will be fine."
The three of them, Xun You, sang together and imagined the future together, which made Liu Zhang astonished.