Chapter 161

"Everyone, I have already devised a strategy to defeat the enemy."

"But it will still require your full and dedicated assistance."

Gu Yi swept his gaze across the assembled generals and spoke.

As he said this,

Gu Yi's eyes lingered for a moment longer on the faces of Li Jue and Guo Si.

This couldn't help but make the two of them feel a chill in their hearts.

The feeling of being targeted by a ruthless strategist is truly unsettling...

The two hurriedly stood up and said:

"Linzhi, rest assured, this time we two will follow your every command!"

"If you point west, we will absolutely not head east!"

Hearing these two pledge their loyalty, the other generals couldn't help but feel a sense of bewilderment.

Among the core Xiliang faction, Li Jue and Guo Si were considered the most arrogant of all.

Yet, facing Gu Yi now,

they acted as if they had encountered their natural predator.

They didn't dare to harbor any ulterior motives at all.

Gu Yi nodded slightly, pointed at the map, and said to the generals:

"Everyone, this coalition of Guanxi forces under Han Sui, while numerous and powerful,"

"is, if you break them down, nothing but a rabble."

"The main reason they chose to join Han Sui is simply to take advantage of this opportunity to gain some benefits."

"But if they not only fail to gain anything but also suffer losses in troops and even lose their own territories,"

"would they still continue to follow Han Sui so blindly?"

Before Gu Yi had finished speaking, Guo Si hurriedly rushed to respond:

"Of course not!"

"These small warlords who hang around with Han Sui, following him to attack Ma Teng this time,"

"the main reason is their fear that Ma Teng, having received a title from the Prime Minister, would see his strength surge and then swallow them up in one fell swoop."

This statement received unanimous agreement from the generals.

Originally, Ma Teng and Han Sui were the two strongest among these small warlords carving up Liangzhou.

In order to recover Liangzhou,

Dong Zhuo adopted Gu Yi's strategy.

By bestowing an official title upon Ma Teng and verifying his identity as a descendant of General Ma Yuan, he allowed Ma Teng's strength to grow to a certain extent.

Ma Teng took the bait.

Immediately afterward, he faced a siege by Han Sui and the various small warlords of Liangzhou.

At this point, for the Dong Zhuo faction, it should have been time to close the net.

But very unfortunately,