We know that Han Sui and Ma Teng are brothers, but after they returned to Cao Cao, they soon broke up. However, Ma Chao, Ma Teng's son, soon joined forces with Han Sui against Cao Cao. So why did Han Sui do this? There are two reasons for this.
1. Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu
What does Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Lu have to do with Ma Chao and Han Sui jointly attacking Cao Cao? It can be said that this incident was the cause of their two alliances.
After Ma Teng and Han Sui returned to Cao Cao, Cao Cao began to attack Zhang Lu, because Zhang Lu was in Hanzhong at this time, and Cao Cao wanted to unify the world, and it was inevitable to seize Hanzhong.
However, this aroused the suspicion of Ma Chao and Han Sui, who believed that Cao Cao wanted to annex Liangzhou, of course, their suspicions were not unreasonable, Cao Cao wanted to unify the world, and annexing Liangzhou was in his plan, otherwise he would not want Ma Teng, and Han Sui would be subordinate to him.
However, the warlords had their own plans, so Ma Chao was reluctant, and he united with 100,000 other departments and horses to oppose Cao. Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Lu caused a chain reaction, causing Ma Chao to oppose Cao Cao, and then persuaded Han Sui to turn against Cao Cao.
2. Ma Chao's solicitation
When Ma Chao opposed Cao, he did not think of uniting with Han Sui, he first went to woo Liu Xiongming, but Liu Xiongming rejected Ma Chao, which made it difficult for Ma Chao to win, and he had to win with other warlords to have a chance of winning, so he thought of Han Sui.
Han Sui broke up with Ma Teng, so how did Ma Chao convince Han Sui? Ma Chao made up his mind to tell Han Sui that he had abandoned his father and had Han Sui as his father, and Han Sui should also abandon his son, take Ma Chao as his son, and elect Han Sui as the governor.
Han Sui's original attachment to Cao Cao was also temporary, and when he heard Ma Chao say this, he also felt that the matter had reached this point, so he had to agree. Ma Chao used Han Sui's psychology to persuade Han Sui, so that Han Sui agreed with Ma Chao's suggestion.
Therefore, Ma Chao is a wise man, he knows how to persuade others in order to achieve his desired goals.
Han Sui had already submitted to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Lu aroused the suspicion of Ma Chao and Han Sui. Although Han Sui suspected Cao Cao, he did not act, but Ma Chao was young and vigorous and wanted to attack Cao Cao.
Since it was difficult for him to defeat Cao Cao by his own strength, he came to unite with Han Sui, and although Han Sui broke with his father, they had a common enemy at this time, so they had a reason to unite.
Han Sui's return to Cao Cao was already very reluctant, and after hearing Ma Chao's passionate remarks, he was also moved, so he decided to unite with Ma Chao to resist Cao.
The union of Ma Chao and Han Sui shows that when people face a common enemy, they can put aside the contradictions between each other and stand together.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Xun Yu / Chronicle of Emperor Wu
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