Chapter 42

To put it bluntly.

There are not many options left for Han Sui.

Either honestly surrender, be a rich man, or perhaps get a decent official position in the court.

If he works hard, being one of the Nine Ministers is not impossible.

Or he refuses to hand over military power to the death, and ultimately ends up defeated and killed.

Based on the current situation and Jia Xu's understanding of his old acquaintance.

Han Sui will likely choose the second option.

Speaking of this, Old Dong on the side sighed from the bottom of his heart:

"These two guys, Ma Teng and Han Sui, run faster than loaches."

"The previous few times, I couldn't catch these two."

"This time, no matter what, I cannot continue to let these two escape the pursuit."

In terms of fighting ability, Han Sui and Ma Teng cannot compare to Dong Zhuo.

But when it comes to running away, Dong Zhuo is truly ashamed of himself.

Since Liangzhou is to be brought back into the territory, of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui cannot be allowed to have the opportunity to make a comeback.

When cutting grass, one must remove the roots.

Gu Yi, who had been silent all along.

Under the discussion of everyone.

At this moment, he suddenly understood something.

Perhaps.

To solve these two people, Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Compared to war, there is a faster and more convenient method!

…….

Thinking of this, Gu Yi said:

"Lord, this Ma Teng has always claimed to be a descendant of the Wave-Quelling General Ma Yuan."

"But except for himself, no one takes this matter seriously."

"Since that's the case."

"Why don't we recognize his name as a descendant of Ma Yuan in the name of the imperial court."

"At the same time, appoint him as the General of the West!"

Hearing this.

The other three in the main hall all showed expressions of disbelief.

Old Dong even looked at Gu Yi with concern and reached out to test his forehead.

As if thinking about whether his prospective granddaughter-in-law had some serious illness and his brain was burned out.

Looking at the expressions of the three.

Gu Yi could not help but feel a sense of being unable to laugh or cry.

In Old Dong's eyes, Ma Teng and Han Sui are absolute rebels.

Giving such rebels the official position of General of the West, isn't that too wasteful?

However, in Gu Yi's view, it is not like that.

Although the strength of these two fellows, Ma Teng and Han Sui, cannot compare to Old Dong.

But behind them, there are still many small warlords in the Guanzhong area who rely on each other.

Squeezing together, assembling an army of one hundred thousand is not a problem.

Historically, when Cao Cao conquered Guanzhong, he was facing this group of small Guanzhong warlords.

If it weren't for the strategy of "sowing discord between Han Sui and others through a letter" proposed by Jia Xu.

Facing more than one hundred thousand Guanzhong coalition forces, I am afraid Cao Cao might not necessarily win easily.

And now.

Although the strength under Old Dong is strong.

But the problems that need to be faced are also many.

If excessive military strength is lost in the conquest of Liangzhou.

The Dong Zhuo army will also experience a certain degree of turmoil.

Therefore, save military strength if you can.

The strategy proposed by Gu Yi is actually a revised version of the strategy of "sowing discord between Han Sui and others through a letter"!

It can be called "sowing discord between Ma Teng and others through conferring titles"!

Among the three, Jia Xu was the first to react to the profound intention of this strategy!

He slapped his thigh and praised:

"Wonderful!"

"If you only confer the position of General of the West to Ma Teng, Ma Teng will definitely think there is fraud."

"However, recognizing his identity as a descendant of Ma Yuan in the name of the imperial court is equivalent to giving him a real sincerity!"

"In this way, even if Ma Teng is unwilling to hand over the military power in his hands, he will not dare to openly oppose the Prime Minister again."

"After all, if he continues to oppose the Prime Minister."

"It means he has given up his identity as a descendant of Ma Yuan and instead confirmed the fact that he is a rebel."

"Besides this, upon learning that Ma Teng is so well treated by the Prime Minister, Han Sui and other Guanzhong warlords will definitely feel extremely anxious!"

"They will think that Ma Teng has betrayed them!"

"The two sides will therefore engage in mutual attacks."

"At that time, the Prime Minister will send troops to recapture Liangzhou, which can be said to be twice the result with half the effort!"

After listening to Jia Xu's analysis, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo also reacted instantly.

In the Han world where filial piety governs the country, reputation is undoubtedly very important.

Who is the Wave-Quelling General Ma Yuan?

That is a famous Han general who was wrapped in horse leather!

Ma Teng has always claimed to be a descendant of Ma Yuan, but he has not been recognized by the imperial court.

This means that his identity as a descendant of Ma Yuan is not justified.

But once he really gets the official certification of the imperial court, the identity of a descendant of Ma Yuan will instantly bring a huge increase in prestige to Ma Teng!

Especially in the Liangzhou area.

Ma Yuan can almost be called the idol of the entire Liangzhou!

In the same era, there were many such things.

For example, Sun Jian always claimed to be a descendant of Sun Wu.

Every time Kong Rong pretended to be cool, he had to take out his title as the twentieth-generation grandson of Confucius.

Wherever Liu Bei went, he had to hold on tightly to his identity as a descendant of the Prince of Zhongshan Jing.

Having an awesome ancestor, even if you don't do anything, your value will automatically increase a lot.

And without official certification, and with official certification, are two completely different concepts.

Historically, Liu Bei was first called "Imperial Uncle Liu" after Cao Cao eliminated Lu Bu.

Liu Bei followed Cao Cao into Xu Chang, and his identity as a member of the Han clan and Imperial Uncle of the Han was officially certified by Emperor Liu Xie.

Since then, Liu Bei's prestige has increased more than tenfold compared to before!

Gradually gained the support of the Jingzhou aristocratic group and the Yizhou aristocratic group, and finally established the Shu Han regime.

And before that, even though Liu Bei was once the Governor of Xuzhou.

No one among the aristocratic families was willing to pay attention to him.

This is a very vivid and profound contrast!

With official certification, doing anything will be justified.

Without official certification, it is just self-indulgent fantasy.

And now.