"Thank you, Prefect Yang, for your kind hospitality. I will prepare to lead your army back to Chang'an tomorrow and report to Mr. Pei."

At the celebration dinner that day, Wei Yan said casually while drinking with Yang Qiu.

However, Yang Qiu bowed and said sincerely: "Brother Wei, this is not possible. Brother Wei is now a great hero who saved the military and civilians in the city in Anding. Now everyone is grateful. Every household is worshipping the general and Pei Gong. I am also thinking of giving up the position of magistrate of Anding to Brother Wei, and Brother Wei will take charge of the overall situation. I am willing to be a front-line pawn. How can Brother Wei bear to leave us in this situation?"

When Wei Yan heard this, he shook his hand and said, "Prince Yang's words are a bit harsh. The general is just acting on orders. Without the far-sighted vision of Duke Pei and his strange plans, how can the general defeat the enemy and make contributions? When Duke Pei ordered the general to return to Chang'an after the victory of this battle, how dare the general dare to disobey the order?"

After hearing this, Yang Qiu said excitedly: "Since that's the case, I will be willing to resign from the position of Anding Prefect and recommend Brother Wei as Anding Prefect. I believe that Mr. Pei will definitely follow the public's opinion."

Then Yang Qiu wrote his resignation to Pei Qing in front of Wei Yan, and recommended Wei Yan as the new prefect of Anding, and ordered him to be sent to Pei Qing's mansion in Chang'an overnight.

Wei Yan dissuaded: "Brother Yang, even if you are really willing to resign from the position of prefect, you will have to sober up tomorrow, right? Now that you have drunk so much, it is not suitable to do this."

However, Yang Qiu smiled and said, "Does Brother Wei really think I'm drunk too much? Actually, I have been thinking about this for a long time. I am not as good as Brother Wei in terms of military command. I am far inferior to Brother Wei in terms of wisdom and wisdom. If it were during the peace period, I might be able to keep peace in one place. But in the war period, whether it is Ma Teng, Li Jue, the Qiang people and the Xiongnu, I am not his opponent. In addition, Anding's unique geographical location and fertile land are mostly coveted. With my ability, I will sooner or later bring disaster to Anding. Since that is the case, why should I be greedy for this position? Wouldn't it be just right to give it to a virtuous person? Although Brother Wei is young, he is promising, wise and brave, and he is both trusted by the people and the trust of Mr. Pei. Guarding Anding is naturally the best candidate. If I don't know how much he has to abdicate at this time, then I really don't know how much he has, right?"

Then Yang Qiu refused to listen to Wei Yan's persuasion and insisted on ordering someone to submit his resignation to Pei Qing.

Wei Yan was of course very happy to see this. After planning for so long, he finally wanted to control Anding County in his hands. The first battle of his fledgling was very successful, and even if Mr. Pei saw it, he would be very happy.

Yang Qiu was also very happy. When he saw Wei Yan agreeing, he finally took off a burden in his heart, and drank with Wei Yan again, and finally got drunk and unconscious...

The next morning, Yang Qiu woke up and remembered the urge to act last night, and felt a little regretful. He gave the two generations of Anding County to others so casually. This was quite uncomfortable. Even though he was a great Anding clan from now on, he probably had to keep a low profile.

"Why am I so confused at that time? I even gave up An Ding when my mind was hot. No matter how hard it was, we had to ask Wei Yan to give me some guarantees. Otherwise, if Wei Yan or Pei Qing turned against me in the future, will our Yang family still have room for existence? Although it seems unlikely, but people's hearts are separated from each other. Who can guarantee that they will not turn against me then?"

Yang Qiu was full of depression, but this depression could not be mentioned to anyone. After all, he insisted on doing this last night, but Wei Yan kept persuading him.

In this case, Yang Qiu could only wait for Pei Qing's ruling helplessly. Of course, he hoped that Pei Qing could continue to stay as the prefect of An Ding, but he knew that this was basically a luxury, with almost no possibility. It was already very good that he only hoped that his family could be preserved.

However, he did not expect that the subsequent news surprised Yang Qiu. Pei Qing did not agree to his resignation as the prefect of Anding, but at the same time, he formally appointed Wei Yan as the commander of Anding County and appointed him as the General of the Fenwei Central Army, and in charge of Anding's military.

Although this approach is equivalent to depriving Yang Qiu of military power, Yang Qiu is still quite excited because his position as an arduous prefect has been preserved. Although he is only in charge of civil affairs now, this is also the nominal highest commander of a county. Compared with his fate of being killed after Ma Chao broke through the city, this is really surprising and unexpected.

However, Wei Yan was a little dissatisfied with Pei Qing's approach. He originally thought that he should have taken it for granted and was the prefect of Anding Prefecture, and was arrested in military, government and civil affairs, but now he has only obtained the position of Anding County Magistrate. Although his military position was promoted to General of the Central Army, he did not become a county magistrate after all, which made people feel a little unsatisfied.

However, after all, I am a newcomer and have little experience, so there is no way to do so. If I want to be promoted, I can only obtain it by making another military merit in the future.

Fortunately, Pei Qing asked him to escort prisoners of war to Chang'an in the past few days, so he could just ask, what was the reason Pei Qing did this?

At this time, Ma Teng was so angry that he almost fainted after hearing the news that Ma Chao had lost his troops and was defeated. He thought that this battle could easily force An Ding to surrender, and he directly surrendered Duan Wei from the north. In this way, he added two counties to tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people out of thin air. As a result, he did not gain any benefits, but suffered heavy losses. Even the only general under his command, Pang De, was captured. In this case, he protected himself and was a problem. How could he talk about further expansion?

"Put this rebellious son out of the gate and behead him!" Ma Teng, who was angry, felt bored when he saw Ma Chao, and immediately ordered Ma Chao to be withdrawn and behead him.

But all the civil and military officials under his command pleaded for Ma Chao, saying that Ma Chao was leading the army for the first time, but lacked experience, and the enemy general was really cunning and deceived by the other party. Some said that they were now at the right time to use people and kept Ma Chao for guilt and made meritorious service.

After all, Ma Chao is Ma Teng's parent-child, so although Ma Teng was angry, he was reluctant to kill Ma Chao in his heart, so he said coldly: "Although this is the case, I can't spare you easily, my son, do you know how much impact this defeat has on our army? Originally, our army had an absolute advantage in the competition with Hanyou (that is, Han Sui). If Hanyou wanted to capture Wuwei, we needed to ask for my help. But now because of the loss of so many people, our army is in a weak position. In the future, we have to obey him in our relationship with Hanyou. In the years since we debuted for so many years, we have been willing to live in the underworld? But now we are forced to this point by you."

"But we can rely on the Qiang people, where is the grandfather..."

"Stop!" Ma Teng interrupted him before Ma Chao finished speaking and said sternly: "Rebellious son, remember that although the Qiang tribe is your mother tribe, they do not care about their faith and covet my wealth and women. Working with them is like seeking skin with a tiger. You must not rely on them until the moment of life and death."

"What my father said is reasonable, but how should we solve the current crisis in this way?" Ma Chao was still dissatisfied and said stutteringly.
Chapter completed!