The easternmost part of the Taklamakan Desert is Dunhuang County. Now, Ma Teng is lurking here in secret. Just when the time is right, he launches a large number of troops and attacks Jincheng, the rear of Yan Xing.

Now, Yuan Shang has entered Guanzhong. He first refuted the Emperor's Army with great strength, then designed to surrender Zhang Luzhong, and then killed Zhao Ang head-on to save Chang'an. The momentum has been booming. Song Jian and Yan Xing's main forces have gone to confront Yuan Shang at this moment, and the time to attack Jincheng to save his son-in-law has come!

Among the Western Qiang tribes, there were three major clans of Li, Po and Ji clans who had fought against their former reputation and agreed to send troops to help. In addition, Di kings Agui and Yang Qianwan were also willing to fund the assistance of food and grass. In addition, the defeated soldiers of ten eagle-feathered arrows surrendered, Ma Teng now needs soldiers, generals, and generals, and food and grass. Perhaps facing Yan Xing and Song Jian head-on, there is some shortcomings, but if he sneaks into Yuzhong, the capital of Jincheng, he will still win at least seven or eight points.

So Ma Teng prepared to send troops.

Just as Ma Teng was about to send troops, Di kings Agui and Yang Qianwan led the leaders of the Di tribe under their command to visit Ma Teng and ask for something.

Since Ma Teng stationed his troops in Dunhuang, Di kings Agui and Yang Qianwan have been sending people to help them. Ma Teng felt strange. These two alien kings did not even buy Cao cāo's account at the time. Later, after Yuan Shang occupied Guanzhong, the two clans moved westward to the border and ignored Yuan Shang. Now Ma Teng's troops arrived in Dunhuang, but these two Di kings gave food, fodder and cattle and sheep, which obviously had ulterior motives.

But this place is behind the enemy, without the support of the baggage, Ma Teng also needed these things to support his soldiers, so he pretended to be indifferent and accepted everything as planned.

Until today, Ma Teng was preparing to attack Jincheng, and these two Di kings came to express their intentions to him.

In the tent covered with yellow sand, Di King Agui poured a glass of wine, raised the wine cup to Ma Teng, and smiled and said, "After General Ma returned to Liangzhou and attacked Yan Ni, it was like the sun behind the dark clouds, shining on the dark Liangzhou with its brilliance! I am here, in the name of Kunlun God, wish the old general a victory in the flag and success in one fell swoop! May Kunlun God be with you!"

Ma Teng drank the wine with a smile, and then said to the two kings: "Thank you for your kindness. I have accepted it here. I have stationed here for a long time and have won many benefits from the two kings. This kind of kindness and virtue, I remember it deeply. If you have any requirements in the future, please mention it. If you can help, I will never refuse!"

Agui and Yang Qianwan looked at each other, and their eyes were full of profound meaning.

When he was young, he heard Agui smile and said, "General Ma, please pay tribute to the respected General Sima on our behalf. May his life be as long as the sun and the moon, may his achievements be as broad as the desert, may his territory reach the end of the eagle, may..."

"Okay, okay!"

Ma Teng raised his hand, stopped the words of the Di King Agui, and said, "If you have anything to say, don't praise General Sima like this, he is not good at this."

Agui smiled and sat down embarrassedly, but another Di king Yang Qianwan stood up and said, "General Ma, now in Liangzhou, there are Yan Xing and Song Jian who are the internal troubles of General Sima. But do you know that in the Western Regions outside Liangzhou, there is also a Qianghu team that is the external troubles of General Sima?"

Ma Teng raised his eyebrows and said, "Who?"

Yang Qianwan hurriedly said: "Kang Qiang Cheriji!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Teng nodded suddenly and said, "Oh, it's him. I know this name. Now in Hexi, most of the Qiang tribes are Wang Hua. Although they rebelled repeatedly, they belong to our Han people. Only this Cheliji tribe has left the Han Dynasty and established itself and is known as the Qiang King. Naturally, the court cannot tolerate him. Before Cao cāo came to power, he was expelled from the Han territory!"

Yang Qianwan said: "The problem is that after the Qiang king Cheriji left the Han Dynasty, he moved his tribes to the Western Regions, and fought east and west, and his power grew more and more. He now has a large population and his troops have expanded to nearly 200,000. He is arrogant and domineering. None of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions dare not provoke them. Now he even wants to extend his hand to our Di tribe. If this person is not eliminated, it will be a big trouble for the Han Dynasty in the long run! We hope that if the Grand General Sima and General Yan Xing and Song Jian are destroyed, can he manage the affairs of the Western Regions as a Celestial dynasty, and destroy Qiang king Cheriji! In this way, it is also possible to open the Silk Road again, open the Western Regions, and open the prosperous Han Dynasty and the Western Regions gangs!"

Ma Teng touched his beard and said, "I remember this matter! After General Sima and General Yan destroyed Yan's betrayal, I naturally told him."

The Di King Agui didn't say anything. At this moment, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this news and hurriedly bowed: "So, thank you for the old general!"

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A few days later, under the guidance of the Di people, Ma Teng's troops marched quickly back to Liangzhou, and the soldiers rushed to Yuzhong County, the capital of Jincheng!

The deep house in the backyard of the prefect of Jincheng.

In the side room of the deep house, Zhao Yun sat on the bed with his eyes closed, motionless.

There were three calves of food on the incense table not far from him, including wine and meat. Aside from the table was a strong man in brocade. Behind him were several fully armed guards. This man was Yu Xin, the beloved general who left Yan Xing to protect the old nest of Jincheng.

Yu Xin smiled and pushed the food cauldron forward, saying, "Grandmaster, look, this is the best venison! Apart from you, how about others? Yan Shuai treats you very much, right?"

Zhao Yun's eyes were not opened, and he just replied lightly: "Yes, Yan Xing is very nice to me."

Yu Xin smiled and said, "Governor Zhao, you know that Yan Shuai is good! If Yan Shuai treats you like this, do you have to give Yan Shuai some face? After this meal, I will accompany you to the newly recruited barracks for a few words. Do you say a few words to these new recruits?... It doesn't take much effort, it's just something to encourage the morale of the three armies, and what it takes to sell your life in wars... Let the soldiers see your true identity. After all, you are the Grand Governor of Yongliang, who is officially granted by the imperial court, right? It also makes them feel a clear answer!"

Zhao Yun nodded, his speech speed remained unchanged, and he could not hear any joy and anger: "Okay, I'll go after eating."

Yu Xin rubbed his hands and wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhao Yun's look of loving things and loving them to death, he had nothing to say when he was right.

Yu Xin stood up, said, "Governor slow to use", then waved his hand and led his soldiers out of the room.

As soon as he walked to the main hall of the front yard, he saw a deputy general hurriedly greeting him, lowered his voice and said to the letter: "General, it's not good, the scout from the southwest is coming to report! A soldier came from the direction of Xiaogu and rushed here. The troops moved rapidly, and it was less than a hundred miles away."

Yu Xin was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise: "To the west? The west of Jincheng is the border of Liangzhou. At most, Song Jian's troops can only come. But the problem is that most of Song Jian's troops have already gone to Yongzhou to assist Yan Shuai. Why are they still here? How many soldiers are there?"

The deputy general hurriedly said, "There are quite a few, no matter how you look at it, you have to have one thousand eight thousand!"

The sweat beads on Yu Xin's head quickly flowed down.

In this eastward battle for Guanzhong, Yan Xing almost took away the rebels in Liangzhou and all the Qiang people who depended on him. There were almost no people stationed in Yuzhong, the capital of Jincheng. Now a Biao army suddenly appeared. How could Yu Xin stay calm?

"Quick! Close the four doors quickly!"

Yu Xin did not dare to neglect. Although he did not understand the enemy's origin, he immediately made a defensive posture. Zhuo Ren closed the four gates in Yuzhong, deep grooves and high bases.

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From afar, Ma Teng's soldiers had already seen the city of Yuzhong County. The walls of Yuzhong County were not tall. If they were strong, they could almost climb with bare hands. Besides, there were not many soldiers inside, so Ma Teng did not bring any tough siege equipment at all, but only focused on vertical ladders and flying hooks!

Ma Teng didn't set up camp, but took advantage of the aggression and courage that the soldiers had accumulated over the days, holding the sword in his hand, and roared loudly with one finger from a distance.

"Siege!"

After the order to attack the city, the soldiers of the remnants of Yongzhou who failed because of Yan Xing and Song Jian's plot were immediately excited.

With the cooperation of the three Qiang soldiers who were close to Ma Teng, all the soldiers attacked. Under the leadership of generals such as Zhang Ji, Jia Kui, and Wang Xiong, they began to launch a crazy attack on the three gates of Yuzhong in the east, north and south.

Four thousand death-death men, bee pupae with arrows, and enemy swords and guns, fought to the death and climbed the city bravely. The crossbowmen on the city's strength shot arrows and suppressed the killing of Ma Teng's army on the top of the city, but they could not resist the drop in the bucket.

Ma Teng sat in the back, staring at the situation in front of him with a pair of tiger eyes. Suddenly, he saw him rolling over and dismounting, and shouting at the school knife hand behind him who was protecting him: "Brothers, come with me! Give them the last blow."

Wen Hui was startled when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Why should the old general be like this? The city walls in Yuzhong are not high and there are few soldiers and horses. Several generals are in charge of the attack. The old general is the courage of the three armies, so how can you take risks in person?"

Ma Teng smiled and shook his head and said, "Otherwise, otherwise! This attack on Yuzhong is mainly to rescue my husband's son-in-law. If I don't work hard to save my own people, who would still fight hard?"

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As Ma Teng said, as the old general led a group of troops to join, it really greatly boosted the morale of all the Yongzhou army. It was originally a rebel who was barely resisted, but at this moment it finally couldn't resist it.

In the blink of an eye, countless Yongzhou soldiers climbed up the city wall, holding a sword in their hands, extremely fierce. The Yongzhou army held a sense of resentment and made extremely fierce moves. Every knife was cut as if it was a thousand pounds. In just an instant, countless rebel soldiers were chopped over, lying on the ground, covering their wounds with their hands, and howled desperately.

The large-scale fighting situation quickly reached Yu Xin's ears in the urn.

When Yu Xin heard that the enemy had already attacked the city wall, he was immediately panicked. He rushed to the cherry blossom helmet, which was slightly crooked, and shouted to his subordinates who came to report the news: "How many have the enemy attacked?"

"This, the heads are tumbling, there are too many people, and I can't count them clearly..."

"You trash!"

Yu Xin spat fiercely and thought for a moment: "Although I don't know where the other party is, it seems that Yuzhong cannot protect the situation. I will pass on my general order! Quickly integrate the troops in the city and retreat south, let's go to Tianshui... Remember, I have to bring Zhao Yun with me!"

"promise!"

Yuzhong Prefect's Mansion, inner house.

The screams of the city walls vaguely reached the inner house where Zhao Yun was. Zhao Yun, who had been half lying on the bed, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, as if he was moved, but soon took back the changed face, still indifferent.

"Dong--"

The door was suddenly pushed open, but several tall guards walked into the room with their heads raised.

"Governor Zhao, General Yu invites you!"

Zhao Yun's expression remained unchanged and said lightly: "I set off so early? Isn't it usually an hour later that the new recruits in the school stage performed martial arts?"

The guard was stunned for a moment when he heard this and said, "Ah... it's just... the situation is a bit different... In short, please let Governor Zhao move."

"Yes, OK."

Zhao Yun stood up lazily, bounced the dust on his body, and followed the guards out of the boat.

Zhao Yun's expression was shrunk, his eyes were empty, and his dark hair was slightly white on both sides. Since entering this place, Zhao Yun quickly saw the old age, and his body gradually became a little hunched, just like a tiger's teeth were removed and an eagle's feathers were removed.

After a long time in this state, these guards became a little relaxed. In their eyes, Zhao Yun was like a sick person who was trapped, no different from a useless person.

They forgot that this great governor of Yongliang was once the number one tiger general in Hebei!

The guard pressed Zhao Yun and walked out of the courtyard, but saw Zhao Yun suddenly weakened his legs and fell to the ground, as if he had been holding his chubby in the house for a long time and could not walk anymore.

A guard behind him shook his head with his lips and went up to help him.

Just as he lowered his body, Zhao Yun suddenly pulled his hand and pulled out his sword from the guard's waist. Then he waved his hand violently, and a cold light flashed, and a blood arrow shot out from the guard's neck. The guard covered his neck with his hands, his eyes widened, and looked at Zhao Yun in disbelief as if he was sick, with the corners of his mouth squirming and blood flowing out.

No matter how dormant a tiger is, it is still a tiger! If he relaxes a little, he will be addicted to people!

The others behind the guard were shocked and hurriedly pulled out their swords. As soon as the two of them ran forward, they saw Zhao Yun wave the sword in their hands. Both of them felt that the root of their necks became hot. When they touched them with their hands, they found that the palms of their hands were covered with blood. The two screamed in shock and died on the spot.

The decadence on Zhao Yun's face suddenly swept away at this moment, and replaced by the scattered coldness and domineering spirit.

In an instant, everyone present, who were responsible for escorting the guards, trembling involuntarily.

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Chapter completed!