I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 138 Designing a Hongmen
Han Sui, who was determined to withdraw his troops, had notified Ma Teng, but he was still a little uneasy. He knew that Ma Teng and his son were not good people, and now that he was still on their territory, he might do something surprising.

After spending the day with some anxiety, a mysterious person suddenly visited early the next morning.In order to deceive others, he entered Han Sui's camp mixed in with the scout army, and was soon taken to Han Sui's tent, and left in a hurry after some conversation.

Immediately after noon, Ma Teng's general Pang De came in person and delivered a letter written by Ma Teng.

"General Han, my general knew that you were going back to Jincheng, and he realized that he misunderstood you some time ago. He specially held a banquet for you tomorrow, sincerely apologizing, and at the same time, doing a farewell farewell for you with the kindness of the landlord. Please do honor me." Pang De said it very politely.

At this time, Han Sui seemed to know what kind of medicine Ma Teng and his son sold in the gourd. He took the letter and pretended to be happy and said, "Haha, brother Shoucheng, you are too polite. Please tell your general that I will be there on time tomorrow."

"No! The last general will leave." Seeing that his mission had been completed, Pang De returned home.

After seeing Pang De leave, Han Sui, who had been smiling all over his face, instantly became cold and terrifying. Obviously, Han Sui already knew about Ma Teng's plot.

"Father-in-law, Ma Teng and his son must have no good intentions. I'm afraid it's a grand banquet, so don't go there." Yan Xing said worriedly.

"Hmph! That's natural. I have received the exact news that Ma Teng and his son are going to do something at the banquet, killing you and me and taking over my soldiers. He will be punished!" Han Sui was furious, but Ma Teng did not expect that It's so vicious.

"What? Then why is Ma Teng doing this? What good will it do him to kill us?" Yan Xing asked in bewilderment.

"Hmph, don't forget that there is still the Bingzhou army watching. Ma Teng has a gap with us, and it is not so easy to resolve." Han Sui lost his way.

"Could it be that Ma Teng has completely fallen for Li Shimin?" Yan Xing finally understood.

"Hey, I just received the news report. The emperor, at the request of Li Shimin, has ordered Ma Teng to be promoted to the post of Liangzhou shepherd and general of Zhenxi. This is the edict I got. You can read it." From the brocade box, he took out an imperial decree embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon and handed it to him.

"Hey, there is such a thing. It seems that Ma Teng has reached some kind of agreement with Li Shimin, and the target is our army. Father-in-law and our army are in danger this time." Yan Xing took the imperial edict and checked it carefully. The discovery was indeed a genuine imperial decree.

"Yes, otherwise, how can the emperor want to confer Ma Teng as the shepherd of Liangzhou and also reward him as the general of Zhenxi? What does the young emperor know? Everything is in the hands of Li Shimin." Han Sui looked very serious.

Yan Xing pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Father-in-law, I'm afraid this time either you will die or I will live. For the present plan, the only way to do this is to kill Ma Teng first by surprise and reconcile with Li Shimin's army. For the long-term peace and stability of Xiliang , I believe that Li Shimin still needs us as a local snake."

Reconciliation, of course, is impossible, there is only one way to surrender, but Yan Xing put it nicely.

Han Sui and Ma Teng are destined to only have one, and whoever wins will have a chance to live. For the Bingzhou Army, it is not so important whether it is Han Sui or Ma Teng.

It's like a duel between two Xiliang tigers and beasts, the one who kills the opponent the most is entitled to live.

Obviously, Yan Xing has found the only door of life in this dead situation, but the door of life and the door of death are both in an instant.

"Well... this may be our only chance. If we retreat further, we will be in the abyss." Han Sui seemed to have made great determination.

In fact, he didn't know that this was a huge gamble, and he had been completely reduced to a pawn on the chessboard. The outcome was on the chess player, not on himself.

Even if he can defeat Ma Teng, Li Shimin may not let him go. At that time, people will be swords and I will be fish, and life and death will be in Li Shimin's thoughts.

"Father-in-law, you should come up with an idea. At worst, you will die and the net will be broken. You must kill Ma Teng to avenge your father-in-law." Yan Xing was obviously very angry, and said with a dark face.

"Once we enter Ma Teng's camp tomorrow, we will definitely lose our lives. For now, we have to strike first. Tonight, we will give him a co-operation from inside and outside, and set fire to the camp." Han Sui said grimly: "Since If you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous, it is still unknown who will die!"

"No! Don't worry, father-in-law, this time we will settle the old and new accounts together, and we will definitely make that old thief Ma Teng look good."

"There is one more thing that needs to be dealt with secretly. You wonder why someone would know that I received a letter from Li Shimin. There is a spy inside us. You should control this person secretly and don't let him cause trouble. Wait until we kill Ma. Teng will deal with him again."

As he spoke, he beckoned, Yan Xing immediately understood, and leaned over, Han Sui whispered three words, "It's horse play!"

"What? It's him?" Yan Xing obviously couldn't think of the reason for a while.

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Zhang Liao and other major generals gathered together in the camp of the Central Army of the Western Expedition Army, all of whom were flushed with excitement.

"Ma Lie, how is your situation?" Zhang Liao asked first.

"I tell the general that everything is going well. Both Han Sui and Ma Teng have received the imperial decree. They must be discussing countermeasures at this time and are going to fight each other to the death, haha." Ma Lie said very proudly, a little complacently.

"Well, that's good, but don't be careless. Both Ma Teng and Han Sui are definitely not easy people, and they should not be underestimated. Don't give up all your previous efforts at the last moment." Zhang Liao was not complacent at all, but extremely calm and sober.

Turning around to Xi Zhicai and Tian Feng, he asked: "I am a little puzzled, two military advisers, please help me to explain. Since Han and Ma know that our army is watching, do they dare to fight each other? Don't worry about us uniting one side and leveling the other?

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "There is a gap between the two of them, and with our deliberate guidance, it has become a fire and water situation. Ma Teng will definitely not let Han Sui go, he will be worried about the enemy, and Han Sui is Bet again, bet that he can beat Ma Teng, and bet that our army needs an agent. Therefore, there must be a battle between the two."

"Well..., I just got information that Ma Teng sent someone to invite Han Sui to tomorrow's banquet today, saying that he was going to be a farewell party for him, and planned to have a Hongmen banquet tomorrow night." Zhang Liao told everyone the information he had just received.

"General Zhang, our army should be ready at any time. I have a hunch that Han Sui will definitely strike first tonight, and maybe he will contact his internal response to cooperate with the outside." Tian Feng said excitedly.

"Report..., report to the general, there is something important to report." The sudden voice of the scout disrupted everyone's thoughts.

"Submit it quickly!" Zhang Liao said hastily.

Speaking of which, the scout handed a secret letter to Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao opened the secret letter and quickly glanced at it, then laughed and said, "Haha, great things can be expected."

(End of this chapter)