Ma Wan did not open the secret message. He rushed back to Longxi with dozens of secret messages and handed all the secret messages to Ma Teng.
Ma Teng just glanced at the secret letter and put it down, but his face became increasingly ugly.
"A bunch of dogs." Ma Teng threw the letter to the ground and cursed angrily.
Ma Wan looked at the secret letters on the ground and said, "Lord, what is written on these secret letters?"
Ma Teng said: "Those are the people who sent the letters praying for surrender to the Han army."
Liangzhou was originally a mess, and Ma Teng was just a relatively powerful warlord.
After losing Han Sui, his control over Liangzhou dropped a lot.
If Han Sui was still here, these tribal leaders might not dare to force him so blatantly, and even secretly contact the Han army.
Ma Wan picked up one and took a look at it.
"Lord, what should we do now? Do we want them to come?"
Ma Teng shook his head and said: "What's the use of calling us? They won't admit it. Even if they admit it, so what, they are going to surrender in the first place."
"By the way, what did Zhang Liao say?" Ma Teng asked.
Ma Wan said: "Xiu went to Chencang, and before he spoke, Zhang Liao thrust these letters into Xi's hands and asked him to bring them back without saying anything else."
Ma Teng thought for a while and said, "What does Zhang Liao mean?"
The horse plays and shakes its head.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Zhang Liao to hand over these secret messages to him.
Ma Teng said: "You will go to Chencang again."
Ma Wan said: "No."
When Ma Wan rushed to Chencang again, Zhang Liao also came back from Beidi County and brought back more than a thousand people.
Today, there are more than 30,000 Qiang people in Chencang City.
There are also more than 20,000 cattle and sheep. There are more than these, but because they had to escape Ma Teng's pursuit, many cattle and sheep were dispersed and were not brought back to Chencang.
Zhang Liao said: "Ma Teng has already read those secret letters."
Ma Wan nodded: "My lord has already seen it, may I ask the general what you mean?"
Zhang Liao said: "If I ask those tribal leaders to kill Ma Teng and agree to their request, do you think they will agree?"
Ma Wan's expression changed and he said: "Even if they join forces, they are still no match for my lord."
Zhang Liao said: "What if the entire Qiang people join forces?"
In Liangzhou, the Qiang people are still stronger.
Ma Teng and Han Sui also cooperated with the Qiang people, rather than ruling them.
Zhang Liao said: "Go back and tell Ma Teng that either I will join forces with the Qiang people to deal with him, or he will join forces with me to kill all the tribal leaders who are unwilling to go to Chang'an."
"Give you a day and tell me tomorrow what Ma Teng's choice is."
Ma Wan left in a hurry.
These past few days have been hard on him. He has to run thousands of miles back and forth every day, and he even killed five horses.
By the time Ma Wan returned to Longxi, it was already late at night.
He rushed into Ma Teng's dormitory and woke up Ma Teng, who was already sleeping.
Ma Teng washed his face with water and said, "What did Zhang Liao say?"
Ma Wan came back overnight and woke him up. Ma Teng also understood the seriousness of the matter, so he was not angry. He washed his face to make himself sober and calm down.
Ma Wan repeated Zhang Liao's words and said, "Zhang Liao only gave me one day."
Ma Teng was silent for a long time, and finally he spoke: "Promise him that you will go to Chencang tomorrow, and I will invite the tribal leaders to discuss matters."
Ma Wan said: "Here."
When Ma Teng makes a decision, he can just follow the orders and execute them.
Ma Wan rested for two hours before dawn. After dawn, he changed his horse and ran towards Chencang.
Ma Teng couldn't fall asleep again.
He knew that after agreeing to Zhang Liao, he would eventually go to Chang'an with Zhang Liao after the tribes who were unwilling to go to Chang'an were dealt with.
There is no place for him in Liangzhou.
His prestige among the Qiang people was not brought about by massacring the Qiang people.
It's just that in the past, when he and Han Sui were Han ministers, they treated the Qiang people with love and justice and did not discriminate against the Qiang people. Moreover, Ma Teng and Han Sui also married Qiang women. If you want to gain prestige by killing the Qiang people, you have to do what Wang Ding did, kill the Qiang people until they are truly afraid, kill them until they are timid, and kill them until their children stop crying when they hear their name.
Early in the morning, when Ma Wan was setting off, Ma Teng also sent someone to invite candidate Li Kan and others.
These tribal leaders were basically in Longxi during this period.
After everyone arrived, Ma Teng said: "Everyone, have you thought it through?"
"In the past few days, I have been in contact with the Han army many times. After the surrender, my family must move to Chang'an. If you are willing, please express your position now."
The candidates did not know that the secret letters they sent to Zhang Liao were handed over to Ma Teng by Zhang Liao.
Ma Teng already knew that all the tribal leaders here had already thought of surrendering, but they just didn't want to go to Chang'an.
He didn't reveal anything and looked at them quietly.
The candidate said: "If the general is willing, we are also willing. If the general is unwilling to surrender, we will follow the general and fight the Han army to the end."
If it weren't for the candidate's secret message to Zhang Liao in the room, Ma Teng would have believed the other party's words.
Ma Teng said: "Okay, let me tell you first that I have decided to surrender to the imperial court and move my family to Chang'an."
Ma Teng looked at the other people present. After he said it, many people's expressions changed.
They didn't want to go to Chang'an, so they naturally thought that Ma Teng would definitely not go either.
Originally, many people planned to push Ma Teng in front to attract the attention of the Han army.
When they really have to run away, with Ma Teng blocking them, they can have more time.
However, some people quickly realized that Ma Teng surrendered and just let Ma Teng go to Chang'an. They might not have to go.
Ma Teng said: "What do you choose? Should you stay in Liangzhou or go to Chang'an with me?"
The candidate said: "General, if we all go to Chang'an, wouldn't we be at the mercy of others? Why not let us stay in Liangzhou? General, even if he is in Chang'an and we are in Liangzhou to support him, he would not dare to come to the Han Dynasty.
Move the general."
It is not unreasonable to be a candidate.
Ma Teng nodded without refuting, he said: "Who else wants to stay?"
"General, I have been living in Liangzhou my whole life. I'm afraid I won't get used to it when I go to Chang'an."
"So is a certain person."
Ma Teng said: "If I am the only one who goes to Chang'an, I am afraid that the Han army will not agree. Is there no one willing to go to Chang'an with me?"
Ma Teng's response was silence.
Of course no one is willing. They are not Ma Teng's men. They have their own tribe in Liangzhou.
Unless Ma Teng forces them, it is almost impossible to get their lord to follow him to Chang'an.
"Is it true that no one wants to go to Chang'an with me? Going to Chang'an is not dangerous. It's just a chance to experience the prosperity of Chang'an.
There may not be a chance to come back in the future. If you get the appreciation of the cavalry general, you might even be able to live in glory and wealth."