The imperial court raised an army?
The smile on Ma Teng's face froze. He frowned and asked,""When did they set off? How is the scale?"
The scout replied,"It's an urgent message from the scouts of the Si Li Prefecture. According to the time, it should have been two days ago." The exact number of people could not be confirmed for the time being, but it was at least 50,000.”
After listening to the scout's report, the officers under them all revealed solemn expressions.
It would take at least half a month for at least 50,000 soldiers to march from Rodu to here. Theoretically, they still had time to prepare.
However, the current situation was different from before.
The newcomers were not the increasingly weak Liangzhou government troops, but the Central Imperial Army. The two were completely different.
Now that the Liangzhou Revolutionary Army was split into three, if they were to face the former, the three sides could temporarily put aside their accumulated grudges and work together.
However, it was hard to guarantee that Han Sui and Song Jian wouldn't have any ulterior motives against the latter.
In short, in the face of the crusade army sent by the central government, it was difficult for the three major groups to join forces to deal with the outside world. Even if they joined forces, they would have their own ulterior motives. They would need to constantly resist the sudden backstabbing of the other two sides.
Under such circumstances, it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out by the government troops.
Not long ago, he had also heard rumors that Dong Zhuo, who had once been a powerful hero in Xiliang, had rebelled during the political chaos in the capital. However, he was personally attacked by the Emperor and eventually died in defeat.
In other words, not only had the Central Court recovered from the political chaos, but its military strength had also recovered significantly. Even an existence like Dong Zhuo could only die in regret.
Thinking of this, Ma Teng's expression couldn't help but turn ugly.
He didn't expect the central government to reach out to Liangzhou, which had long been abandoned, and he didn't expect the other party to make such a big move.
There were only two reasons why he was still determined to use troops against Liangzhou despite the riots in Bingzhou and Youzhou.
Firstly, the imperial court was determined to conquer the northwest.
Secondly, regardless of whether the decree came from the little Emperor himself or someone else in power, it was not difficult to see that the current ruling class of the central government had a boldness that far exceeded that of the Spirit Monarch's era!
It had been a long time since Ma Teng had felt this suffocating pressure of survival.
At this moment, a few knights rushed over. One of them was dragging a burly man with his hands tied behind his back.
"Leader, we caught a kid. He seems to be a county official in the county city. Liang Ziqu saw that he had extraordinary skills and was able to block more than ten brothers with just a wooden stick. He felt that he was good material and specially handed him over to the leader.”
"Oh?" Ma Teng recovered from his thoughts and looked at the tied man.
This person seemed to be very young. Although he looked a little disheveled, the strong and resolute aura on his body made people's eyes light up.
"Who are you? What's your name?"
He asked with admiration.
The young man's voice was calm and did not sound like a captive's."South Peace State, Pang De."
"Are you willing to follow us?" Ma Teng nodded. At the very least, he had enough food.”
The many years of war had long caused the entire Liangzhou Province to be filled with starving people. Even for those who were originally well-off, this was an irresistible temptation.
Sure enough, Pang De only hesitated for a moment before saying,""After settling down my mother, I will come and join you. I will not go back on my word!”
"Hahaha! Alright, after you return, you will be my son Meng Qi's personal guard.”
Ma Teng could not help but feel proud when he saw that he had easily poached a court official.
However, his heart immediately dimmed.
When Huangfu Song's army arrived half a month later, their comfortable days would come to an end.
Suddenly, an idea exploded in his mind.
That's right, since he couldn't win, why didn't he surrender earlier?
As long as his attitude was sincere and his actions were fast enough, the Imperial Court should still accept him.
Most importantly, as the founding father of the country, the descendant of General Fubo Ma Yuan, it was impossible for him to always be a traitor.
"All troops, listen up! Return to Wei Valley immediately! In addition, I have something important to announce tonight. All the officers must be present!”
Ma Teng ordered loudly.
Yesterday, I heard from the informants of the Si Li Prefecture that recently, there were rumors in the Imperial City that the little Emperor was a completely different person from before. Not only did he change his cowardly image, but he was also seen as the hope of rejuvenation by the officials in the court. Following such an imperial court might still have a future.
Thus, he made a decision in his heart.
Immediately join the central government!
……
A few days later, in Luoyang.
Liu Bian really wanted to take down Western Liang as soon as possible to complete the mission as soon as possible, but after all, wars in ancient times were different from modern wars. Just marching would take a long time, at least dozens of days.
Therefore, he would not wait for the results. Instead, he began to deal with the affairs of the Imperial City.
Although after the political chaos, the two behemoths that had been tormenting the court for decades, the eunuch party and the Qi party, no longer existed, and the greatest warlord, Dong Zhuo, had been executed, this did not mean that the court would be stable.
On the contrary, due to the temporary vacuum of power, the many forces that had been lying low before quickly revealed their greedy eyes.
The reshuffling of power was in full swing!
The imperial class represented by him and the aristocratic class represented by the scholar-bureaucrats would start a tug-of-war against power.
What he needed to do now was to gather the great clans loyal to the Han Dynasty and worthy of being roped in under the banner of the imperial family as soon as possible, so as to consolidate the imperial rule in the shortest time possible.
At this moment, Liu Bian was combining his knowledge of history and the current situation to make a list.
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