The deaths of Ma Teng and Han Sui were actually a bit unfair.
As figures who were active in the military and political circles long before the Yellow Turbans, Ma Teng and Han Sui were naturally not the kind of people who would trust others easily, but the situation they encountered now was obviously a bit special.
In the third Battle of Hetao, the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition troops were defeated miserably, and only 20,000 people escaped.
The overall strength of the three major princes in Liangzhou was cut by nearly half by the Qin army, and it was a life-or-death moment.
At this time, self-protection is not enough. If we continue to fight among ourselves, we will only give the enemy an advantage. Only by joining together to keep warm and resisting foreign forces can the alliance survive.
Ma Teng and Han Sui knew such a simple truth, and Yang Guang naturally knew it too, but Yang Guang's vision was far further than Ma Teng and Han Sui's.
Ma Teng and Han Sui only saw Liangzhou, but Yang Guang looked at the whole world.
In Yang Guang's view, the land in Hebei will definitely fall into Qin Hao's hands. After a few years of repairs, the Qin army will definitely continue to conquer the heroes, and Liangzhou will also be targeted by Qin Hao sooner or later.
After being targeted by Qin Hao, if Liangzhou has not yet completed its unification and is still in a state of division, it will only be a matter of time before it is annexed.
Regarding the death of his father Yang Jian, after Yang Guang calmed down, he also discovered something fishy.
After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin had already won the victory and captured Yang Jian alive. Using Yang Jian to threaten Yang Guang to withdraw his troops was the way to the south of Shanghai.
Afterwards, Yang Guang also sent people to investigate. Although nothing was found, he already knew that he was being used in order to let the irrational self and Li Shimin start a war, so that the good snipe and the clam would compete with each other and the fishermen would benefit.
After learning this, Yang Guang was furious. Although there was no evidence to prove that Qin Hao did it, various signs undoubtedly showed that Qin Hao was the most likely.
Yang Guang already regarded Qin Hao as the same enemy as Li Shimin in his heart.
Therefore, whether it is for power or personal hatred, Yang Guang must grow stronger as soon as possible, and unifying Liangzhou is the first problem he has to overcome, and only in this way can he further conquer the Western Regions.
Ma Teng and Han Sui thought that the three families' joint resistance to Qin was the mainstream, so it was absolutely impossible for Yang Guang to take action against them. However, they did not know that Yang Guang wanted to unify Liangzhou and then conquer the Western Regions.
It was this wrong understanding that ultimately cost Ma Teng and Han Sui their lives.
You must know that even under the pursuit of the Qin army, Ma Teng and Han Sui were not injured even a hair, but in the end they died in the hands of their allies, which is really sad.
After Ma Teng and Han Sui died, Yang Guang immediately raided the camp of the Ma and Han armies. The Ma and Han armies, which were unprepared for the Sui army, were naturally unable to withstand this round of raids. As a result, they were either killed in battle or captured.
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These soldiers finally escaped from the Hetao and did not die in the hands of the Qin army, but died tragically in the hands of their allies.
Although Yang Guang was fully prepared and wanted to annihilate everyone in the Ma and Han armies, the Ma and Han armies were not without elites. In the end, many people broke out, including Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng.
and Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing.
After learning that Ma Chao and Yan Xing had escaped, Yang Guang decisively used all his troops to directly attack the leading troops of the Ma and Han families. The unprepared two families were naturally unable to stop them, and a large amount of territory was occupied by Yang Guang.
The news that Ma Teng and Han Sui were dead quickly spread throughout Liangzhou after Yang Guang deliberately spread it, and all Liangzhou people were in an uproar.
The people of Liangzhou couldn't believe that Yang Guang was so courageous. Even if he betrayed his trust during the alliance, he actually killed both Ma Teng and Han Sui in one fell swoop. Now Liangzhou was completely unstable.
Many people despised Yang Guang's treacherous behavior, but there were also many people who supported Yang Guang's actions.
I think back in the days of Dong Zhuo, the people of Liangzhou fought against the world. However, with the fall of Dong Zhuo, Liangzhou was divided, and its unparalleled honor was gone forever.
Therefore, many people think that Ma Teng and Han Sui died well. They could not unify Liangzhou until they died, and now is the time for Liangzhou to be unified again.
Under such calls, the Sui army's attack on the Ma and Han families was extremely smooth, and they encountered almost no strong resistance until the news came that Ma and Han had joined forces to fight against the Sui Dynasty.
Ma Teng and Han Sui fell, leaving the two families without a master and a group of dragons without a leader. Naturally, it was difficult to resist the Sui army.
Therefore, for the Ma and Han families, although resisting the Sui army was important, the most important thing was to choose a lord.
Han Sui had no sons or brothers, only one son-in-law, Yan Xing, so Yan Xing naturally succeeded Han Sui.
Although Ma Teng's son Ma Chao escaped, but Ma Chao was too young, and Ma Teng's brother Ma Yuan also had many supporters in the army, so the Ma family had differences between Ma Chao and Ma Yuan.
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Seeing the Sui army approaching step by step, Yang Guang's momentum became increasingly arrogant, but the Ma family was quarreling over the issue of the successor. If Ma Yuan had not taken the initiative to retreat and supported his nephew Ma Chao's succession, this dispute would not have been known.
How long will it take?
Ma Yuan's concern for the overall situation was not only not understood, but also aroused Ma Chao's fear.
The first thing Ma Chao did after he succeeded to the throne was to form an alliance with Yan Xing to fight against the Sui Dynasty. The second thing he did was to rise openly and covertly to remove Ma Yuan and his group of generals from military power, in order to consolidate his position.
Although Ma Yuan didn't say anything about this, he was deeply disappointed in his nephew. He couldn't even tolerate his uncle. How could he become a wise master with such a big heart?
Although Ma Yuan said nothing, he began to feel dissatisfied with Ma Chao in his heart.
Yang Guang learned that Ma Chao had deposed Ma Yuan from military power and that Ma Chao did not trust his uncle, so he spread rumors that Ma Yuan would rebel, hoping to use Ma Chao's help to get rid of Ma Yuan, a serious problem.
When Ma Chao learned about it, he was furious. He summoned Ma Yuan without any explanation and asked if Ma Yuan had any rebellious intentions.
This crisis of trust was finally dealt with by Ma Yuan, but what about next time?
Under Ma Wu and Ma Cheng's persuasion, Ma Yuan decided to leave Ma Chao in order to protect himself.
After Ma Yuan escaped, Ma Chao suddenly realized that his uncle had no intention of rebelling against him. He had fallen into Yang Guang's divorce plan, but it was too late to regret it. Ma Yuan had already gone south to defect to Liu Xiuti.
Not only was Ma Yuan's personal strength stronger than Ma Chao's, but his ability to command the army was even more incomparable to Ma Chao's. It was precisely because of this that Ma Chao was afraid of his uncle and that Yang Guang was afraid of him.
Ma Yuan's departure deprived Ma Chao of his greatest support. After all, among the generals in Liangzhou, Ma Yuan was the only one who could compete with Yang Guang and Yang Su, but this only famous general was forced away by Ma Chao himself.
After losing Ma Yuan, Ma Chao could only lead the army himself, but with his ability to unify, he was no match for the wily Yang Su.
As for Wu Yong, Ma Chao's arrow wound has not yet healed, and even if he did, he would still not be a high-spirited opponent.
Although the Liangzhou turmoil has just begun, the outcome seems to be doomed.