Chapter 175

"I am willing to follow the Prime Minister's footsteps and become a pawn to promote the unification of Liangzhou!"

Hearing Ma Teng's pledge of loyalty,

Gu Yi nodded with satisfaction.

In the plan he formulated for Old Dong, Liangzhou was an important part.

Don't look at Liangzhou as bitter and cold, but this is the home of the Xiliang core faction under Old Dong!

Moreover, Liangzhou has been an excellent place for producing excellent soldiers since ancient times!

Besides this,

it also has a significant number of horse farms.

Only by firmly occupying Liangzhou can one ensure flexibility in advance and retreat and possess a stable rear.

Therefore,

starting from today, Liangzhou is not allowed to have any separatist forces!

Here, only the voice of the Dong Zhuo army can exist!

Any other voice appearing

will be regarded as a provocation to the Dong Zhuo army.

Ma Teng being able to adapt to the situation and obediently hand over his separatist power will naturally be set up as a benchmark, thus becoming an example.

And Ma Chao, Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, Ma Dai, and others

will also be reorganized into the army,

absorbed as generals of the Dong Zhuo army.

After solving Ma Teng's separatist problem,

Gu Yi turned his gaze to Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing.

"Yan Xing, Cheng Gongying, you two are familiar with the situation in the territory under Han Sui."

"Now that Han Sui is dead, would the garrison of Tianshui Commandery be willing to surrender the city?"

Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing, who were named, looked at each other, and Yan Xing stood out and answered:

"There are about ten thousand garrison troops left in Tianshui Commandery."

"This group of people was originally the elite under Han Sui."

"But if they hear the news that Han Sui is dead, I believe they will be willing to submit to our army."

"I am incompetent, but I am willing to go into the city to persuade them to surrender."

Facing Yan Xing's request, Gu Yi smiled:

"Yan Xing, your idea is not bad."

"However, the surrendered army will be handed over half to you and half to Cheng Gongying."

"Understand what I mean?"

"Un... understand."

Yan Xing was actually very uneasy in his heart.

He was afraid that Gu Yi would take the opportunity to strip him of all his military power.

But now, only handing over half to Cheng Gongying was still within Yan Xing's acceptable range.

And Cheng Gongying on the side was much more surprised than Yan Xing.

Cheng Gongying never expected that he could also obtain military power.

Originally under Han Sui, Cheng Gongying was just a strategist and didn't hold military power.

Matters of commanding troops were handed over to Yan Xing and other generals.

And now, Gu Yi divided Han Sui's old subordinates into two and handed half of them to Cheng Gongying.

This clearly shows he is giving Cheng Gongying power!

However, the next moment,

facing Gu Yi's smiling gaze, Cheng Gongying realized the deep meaning of this move.

Yan Xing and Cheng Gongying were both old subordinates of Han Sui, and both were people who betrayed their lord.

But it cannot be denied that

both were important figures with high prestige in Han Sui's army.

The fastest way to gather Han Sui's old subordinates is to hand them over to Yan Xing or Cheng Gongying.

But if handed over to only one of them, it would be hard to avoid them becoming powerful and becoming a second Han Sui.

But if divided into two,

Yan Xing controls half,

Cheng Gongying controls the other half,

and the two will become competitors, thus being checked and balanced.

And the person checking and balancing them is Gu Yi himself.

"This person is truly unfathomable!"

Cheng Gongying admired Gu Yi from the bottom of his heart!

At the same time, some small thoughts he shouldn't have had also vanished at this moment.

Gu Yi's strategy and speculation on the human heart were far above his own!

If he still harbored rebellious intentions, wouldn't that be equivalent to seeking his own death?

And Yan Xing on the side,

although his reaction speed was a beat slower than Cheng Gongying's,

soon, he also realized the deep meaning of Gu Yi's move.

Thinking of this, Yan Xing couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Sure enough, hanging around in this little plot of land in Liangzhou following Han Sui was ultimately too much like a frog in a well.

Gu Yi used just such a small trick to easily solve the military power problem left by Han Sui.

It truly made Yan Xing feel fear.

After solving Han Sui's problem,

Gu Yi intended to regroup with Li Jue, Guo Si, Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, and others.

Afterward, he would pacify the small Liangzhou warlords one by one.

Those who adapt to the situation and choose to surrender voluntarily can be promoted after returning to Chang'an.

Those who resist stubbornly and refuse to surrender will be executed in public after the city is broken!

Soon, the news of Gu Yi defeating Han Sui and the Qiang and Di tribes swept across the entire Liangzhou.

Those small Liangzhou warlords who returned to their respective territories were all chilled by this.

Although the troop strength in the hands of the small Liangzhou warlords had not suffered losses at this moment,

but... facing the mighty army under Gu Yi, who would dare to harbor rebellious intentions again?

Therefore,

the vast majority of small Liangzhou warlords sent envoys to Gu Yi to swear surrender before Gu Yi led his army to their territories.

After Gu Yi arrived, even if they had ten thousand helplessness, they could only hand over the military power in their hands.

The only exception was the warlord Cheng Yin who occupied Nanan Commandery.

This Cheng Yin's original strength, although not as good as Han Sui and Ma Teng,

could barely rank third among the many small Liangzhou warlords.

He was quite reluctant to part with the military power in his hands.

Thus, instigated by the officials under his command, Cheng Yin chose to resist stubbornly.

Unfortunately,

after only persisting for two days, Nanan City was broken by Gu Yi.

Cheng Yin himself was killed by the "Nanan Assistant" Pang De under his command!

Yes, it is exactly Pang De who should have served under Ma Teng and Ma Chao in history.

In original history,

Pang De roughly resigned from Cheng Yin's command in the third year of Chuping, which is 192 AD, and went to Fufeng to join Ma Teng.

And now, the timeline has come to the second year of Chuping (191 AD).