Chapter 132

It could basically be concluded that this guy hadn't realized that Gu Yi had played a significant role in Zhang Liao being promoted to a miscellaneous general.

Suddenly, Gu Yi noticed two gazes looking toward him intentionally or unintentionally.

Raising his eyes to look.

Sure enough, the owners of the two gazes were Li Jue and Guo Si.

These two had previously been stationed at Wu Pass.

This meeting could be considered their first meeting with Gu Yi.

The two were full of curiosity about Gu Yi.

The seat that Hua Xiong used to sit in at every meeting was actually behind the "Xiliang Army F4".

But this time, Hua Xiong had become the only general with a prestigious title under Dong Zhuo.

The fundamental reason was that this guy had received Gu Yi's help and rendered great merit at Sishui Pass.

Otherwise, how would it have been his turn to be the first to be promoted to a general with a prestigious title?

Except for Niu Fu, who was a General of the Household and also Dong Zhuo's second son-in-law.

No one else was qualified to sit in front of Hua Xiong now.

A General of the Household is not a prestigious title; in the late Han period, a General of the Household was below the four town generals but above the miscellaneous generals.

Xu Rong and Lu Bu also held the official position of General of the Household at this moment.

But besides being a General of the Household, Lu Bu also held the position of Commander of the Imperial Guards.

Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, Dong Zhuo said:

"According to an urgent report from spies planted in Liangzhou."

"Ma Teng suffered a crushing defeat a few days ago!"

"He was besieged in Fufeng by Han Sui leading a group of small Liangzhou warlords."

Once these words were spoken, except for Li Ru and Gu Yi, all the generals were shocked.

You must know.

Ma Teng and Han Sui could almost be called old acquaintances of the Xiliang Army.

A few years ago, when rebellions broke out in Liangzhou, Ma Teng and Han Sui were involved every time.

For example, the Bian Zhang rebellion and the Song Jian rebellion.

In these two major rebellions that swept through Liangzhou, Ma Teng and Han Sui were roughly the fourth or fifth figures among the rebels.

But under Dong Zhuo's leadership, Bian Zhang and Song Jian were killed one after another.

Afterward, Ma Teng and Han Sui took advantage of Dong Zhuo entering the capital to reoccupy large swaths of land in Liangzhou.

They were considered to have become independent from the original rebels and were working on their own.

At the same time, the two were also sworn brothers.

Later, at Gu Yi's suggestion.

Dong Zhuo decided to promote Ma Teng in order to deal with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

And in the name of the imperial court, he recognized his identity as a descendant of the Wave-Quelling General Ma Yuan.

This was equivalent to recruiting Ma Teng, and with full sincerity!

Even knowing that Dong Zhuo might have ulterior motives.

But facing this fragrant pie.

Ma Teng couldn't help but want to eat it!

Sure enough.

After his identity as a descendant of the Wave-Quelling General Ma Yuan was officially recognized by the imperial court.

In just one month, the power under Ma Teng's command expanded significantly.

Many small Liangzhou warlords who were originally wavering and watching from the sidelines flocked to Ma Teng.

They had the intention of recognizing him as their big brother and pledging allegiance.

Besides this.

In the cities occupied by Ma Teng, the efficiency of conscripting soldiers also increased significantly compared to before.

Originally, Ma Teng's strength was at most on par with Han Sui's.

But after doing this.

The gap in strength between the two sides widened at a visible speed.

It probably wouldn't take half a year, just three or four months, for Ma Teng to crush Han Sui in every aspect.

Ma Teng was very happy about this.

He became the second warlord after Dong Zhuo with hope of rising in Liangzhou!

But he forgot one sentence.

To wear the crown, one must bear its weight.

While the power under his command ushered in rapid development.

It was destined that the development of other Liangzhou warlords would be significantly restricted.

The first to bear the brunt was naturally Han Sui, who was originally about as strong as him.

As sworn brothers with plastic brotherhood, Han Sui understood Ma Teng better than anyone else.

In his view, although this guy Ma Teng was quite good at fighting, he wasn't that outstanding in strategy.

His joys and sorrows were easily expressed on his face.

Commonly known as "a dog's stomach cannot hold two taels of sesame oil."

Thus, Han Sui secretly instigated several small Liangzhou warlords to test Ma Teng's attitude.

Sure enough, after his power expanded, Ma Teng was much more arrogant than before.

He had quite an attitude of looking down on others.

Seeing this, Han Sui was overjoyed.

This was the result he wanted!

If Ma Teng had shown a friendly demeanor, those small Liangzhou warlords would probably have been absorbed by him one after another.

This was definitely not a situation Han Sui wanted to see.

But now, Ma Teng was clearly carried away.

As cunning as Han Sui, he quickly seized the opportunity to win over other small Guanzhong warlords and clarify the stakes.

The fine tradition of the small Guanzhong warlords was that they could not watch one faction become dominant.

Up to now.

Looking at the entire Liangzhou.

The only one who could break this tradition.

Was Dong Zhuo alone!

And now, Dong Zhuo had entered the capital and become the Prime Minister of the Great Han, wielding power over the world.

After Ma Teng accepted Dong Zhuo's enfeoffment, he gradually had a trend of becoming the sole power in the Liangzhou region.

This was absolutely intolerable for this group of small Guanzhong warlords.

Under Han Sui's solicitation, the "Anti-Ma Teng Alliance" quickly took shape.

And Ma Teng himself never realized the severity of the situation.

Until twenty days ago, when Han Sui led the coalition army to launch a fierce attack on Ma Teng's residence city!

At this time, Ma Teng finally realized it belatedly.

But it was already too late.

Although the power under his command had developed significantly in recent times.

Compared to the coalition army formed by Han Sui, it was still far behind.

In order to wipe out Ma Teng in one fell swoop.

Han Sui went all out and gathered almost all the small Liangzhou warlords together.

Although these people were a mob when fighting alone.

But after gathering together, they could still form a considerable fighting force.

Ma Teng and his eldest son Ma Chao and others fought to the death, but still lost their residence city. ===== CHAPTER 133 =====

Ma Teng, his eldest son Ma Chao, and the others fought to the death, yet they still lost their home city.