"Brother Shoucheng, come and drink from this cup." Han Sui said with a smile on his face, holding up the wine cup to Ma Teng.

When Ma Teng heard Han Sui's words, he directly picked up the wine cup on the table and drank it in one gulp.

After drinking the cup of turbid wine, Ma Teng generously wiped his beard, looked at Han Sui and asked with a smile: "Wen Yue, why do you have time to treat me to a drink today?"

Ma Teng and Han Sui were both from Hunshantou in Jincheng County. They met very early and were considered brothers in life and death.

In the early years, Han Sui was not called Han Sui, he was called Han Yue at that time.

As early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Han Sui had already served in the Xiliang government office. When he went to Beijing to work, he suggested that General He Jin kill the eunuchs. But at that time, He Jin did not listen.

In 184 AD, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Beigong Boyu, the leader of the Qiang people in Xiliang, also took the opportunity to rebel against the imperial court. At that time, he kidnapped Han Sui, who was in charge of Liangzhou.

I don’t know if Han Sui was born to be a rebel.

After being forcibly appointed as military advisor by Beigong Boyu'er, Han Sui took off on the same spot. Later, relying on his military talents, he replaced Beigong Boyu and became the leader of the rebels.

It was also at this time that Han Yue changed his name to Han Sui.

Later, under his command, the rebels attacked the city and destroyed the counties, and marched across Xiliang, which attracted the attention of the imperial court. In order to put down the rebellion faster, Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, ordered all states and counties to recruit local warriors to serve the country.

It was not until this time that Ma Teng stepped onto the stage of history as a drafted rural hero.

And this year is 187 AD, which is the 4th year of Emperor Zhongping of Han Ling.

Logically speaking, at this time, Ma Teng was an official soldier and Han Sui was a rebel. They should be rivals, with only life and death and no brothers.

But God likes to joke.

After Ma Teng entered the official and military system, he was quickly promoted to army commander by virtue of his military merit. At that time, the official and military situation was difficult, and the governor Geng Bi was mean, so he was beheaded by his men.

"Reincarnation Paradise"

When Ma Teng saw this, he knew that the government and army had become a piece of disorganized sand. If he continued to stay in the government and army system, he would definitely die.

So Ma Teng took his men and defected to the rebels led by Wang Guo. Later, in order to capture the important town of Hanyang (the Hanyang in Xiliang, not Jingzhou), Guo Guo and Han Sui came together.

Unfortunately, this time they faced Huangfu Song, the last famous general of the Han Dynasty. As you can imagine, the result was that they were pinned to the ground by the old general Huangfu and rubbed for a while.

Ma Teng and Han Sui, who suffered a defeat, directly joined forces to destroy the kingdom.

From then on, Han Sui and Ma Teng became the two hegemons of Xiliang.

Until Boss Dong took control of Luoyang, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao ascended the mountain and called on all heroes to attack Boss Dong together.

At that time, Ma Teng believed that he was Ma Yuan, General Fubo of the Han Dynasty, and insisted on running to join the coalition. The safety of Xiliang was entrusted to Han Sui.

Although Ma Teng has made no achievements on the coalition side, he can be said to be an invisible man. (There is no way, the other coalition forces are in the east, and he is the only one in the west. He wants to cause trouble, but he has no teammates.)

But Han Sui guarded Xiliang well.

So, from that time on, Ma Teng and Han Sui were good brothers.

Later, after Boss Dong returned to Chang'an with the court, the royalists in the court felt that Yongzhou's proximity to Xiliang was a good opportunity, so they sent people to Xiliang to deliver a message, asking Ma Teng and Han Sui to raise troops for the prince.

Ma Teng, a great loyal minister, after learning the lessons of the first eighteen princes, felt that raising troops to serve the king does not necessarily require a large number of people, but must definitely be united.

So, he directly approached his good brother Han Sui, and the two made an appointment to raise an army together.

But when they led the Xiliang army to Chang'an, they found that Boss Dong had been killed by his eldest son. The person in power now was Li Jue and Guo Si.

At this time, the two brothers are a little numb. You think it's this time, are you attacking the city or attacking the city?

Fortunately, at that time, Li Jue and Guo Si had just experienced the change of Boss Dong. They did not want to cause trouble, so they persuaded Liu Xie to give Ma Teng and Han Sui official positions.

Ma Teng was appointed as the General to Conquer the West, stationed in Bidi, and Han Sui was appointed as the General to Suppress the West, stationed in Jincheng.

Later, due to some other reasons, mainly the failure to reach an agreement on the distribution of benefits, Ma Teng became personally dissatisfied and directly led troops to attack Chang'an.

Good brother Han Sui looked at it and thought, is this okay? Isn't this bullying an honest man? So Han Sui also came with his troops to support Ma Teng.

Although Ma Teng and Han Sui were defeated in this battle, this did not prevent them from chopping off chicken heads, burning yellow paper, and becoming brothers with different surnames when they returned to Jincheng.

Therefore, Han Sui owes most of the credit for Ma Teng's family history. As for why people like to talk about Ma Teng and Han Sui, they put Ma Teng first.

Most of the reason is because Ma Teng has a great son, Ma Chao.

However, these things are still a bit far away. At least for now, Ma Teng and Han Sui are in the honeymoon period, and both of them are good brothers.

"Hey, Brother Shoucheng, I'm a little worried," Han Sui also put down his wine cup and said to Ma Teng.

"Worried? Worried about what?" Ma Teng heard his good brother say he was worried, and he also frowned.

"Brother Shoucheng, now that the imperial army has reached Wuwei, aren't you worried?" Han Sui looked at his big-hearted brother and reminded him kindly.

When Ma Teng saw that Han Sui was talking about the imperial court, he also became a little worried.

Logically speaking, Ma Teng does not need to worry. After all, his ancestor is Ma Yuan, and he himself has the merits of being a diligent king. Although he failed twice, can you say that he is not a loyal minister?

But the problem is, Ma Teng and Han Sui are now good brothers who wear the same pair of pants. When his brother is worried, he also becomes worried.

The current imperial court is doing great things. It has swept through Sili and Yongzhou, and even attacked them at their doorstep.

If it were another force, Ma Teng and Han Sui would have already mobilized their troops and prepared to fight each other.

But the problem is, the other party is the emperor, how to fight?

Is it necessary to follow the old path again and raise the banner of rebellion again?

To be honest, Ma Teng didn't want to do it, and neither did Han Sui.

After all, they are not young anymore, and they no longer want to live in that kind of hiding place.

"Wenyue, what do you mean?" Ma Teng looked at Han Sui and asked.

"Brother Shoucheng, haven't you participated in the coalition army before? The little emperor should have an impression of you. Do you think you should bring some gifts to congratulate the little emperor?"

"What if the little emperor is happy and just lets us control Xiliang forever?" Han Sui suggested, looking at Ma Teng.

"Let me go and congratulate the little emperor?" Ma Teng was stunned when he heard Han Sui's words. But then he was also happy.

Going to the little emperor to congratulate him is just a waste of money. It would be quite good to coax the little emperor and let himself and Han Suiyong control Xiliang.

To be honest, Ma Teng really didn't want to get into trouble with the court unless it was absolutely necessary.
Chapter completed!