Chapter 27: Wall

Han Yin stood on the wall of Yuzhong, watching Cao Jun rushing away as he furiously.

Before Ma Chao surrounded him, Xiahou Yuan led his men to run away from Yuzhong City. He had no consciousness of running away. Not only did he not snatch his tail and flee, he was so arrogant that he sent Xiahou, the rear guard to Yuzhong City to curse. Xiahou said that he had fully utilized his sharp eloquence cultivated by Jiang Gan, and said that he was even worse than shit under Yuzhong City. He said that he was scared by the strength of Cao's army. Although he had 20,000 cavalry in his hand, he did not dare to go out of the city to fight. Even the female Qiang guards under the General of the Chariot and Cavalry were inferior to those of the Qiang female guards. He even said arrogantly to Han Yin, I only have 5,000 infantry here. If you have the affair, go out to the city to fight. I will use 5,000 infantry to fight your 20,000 cavalry, and I will still beat you to the point of falling into pieces and unable to find the north.

Han Yin was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He roared and wanted to go down the city to fight to the decisive battle. He shouted that he would not swallow Xiahou alive. He vowed not to be a human being. But Cheng Gongying hugged him tightly and said to Han Yin: "The five thousand infantry dared to fight against 20,000 cavalry. Obviously there is a fraud in it. How can you hit his aggressive general? As soon as you leave the city, he will run away and will definitely lead him into the ambush circle."

Han Yin's eyes were red, and he struggled hard, trying to break free from Cheng Gongying's hand: "Can infantrymen run better than cavalry? So what if I am ambushed by him? Will my 20,000 cavalry be afraid of him 20,000 infantry?"

Cheng Gongying tried hard to persuade him. Taking advantage of the opportunity of holding Han Yin, he leaned over Han Yin's ear and said, "Major General, it's not that 20,000 cavalry can't defeat 20,000 infantry, but you think, they are already in a desperate situation, and of course they will fight to the death. The trapped beasts are still fighting, and their combat power is amazing. Even if the major general wins, they will suffer heavy losses. Besides, although we have 20,000 cavalry, nearly 10,000 of them have just been conquered. Can they fight to the death for the major general? The general will know just by looking at the expressions of these people."

Han Yin's mind suddenly calmed down. He glanced at the candidates and others next to him, and his heart immediately became cold. These people were just subdued by Han Sui because of their lack of strength. What they most hoped for was Han Yin to defeat, so that everyone's strength would be balanced and they could be on par again. He snorted coldly, and said in a little dissatisfied: "Even if 10,000 people from my headquarters went to fight, I was afraid that he would come from."

"General, General Yan is right outside the city." Cheng Gongying reminded helplessly.

Han Yin's face turned red and white, and he stared at Cheng Gongying fiercely. As soon as Cheng Gongying said, he knew that he was wrong. Before Han Yin was angry, he quickly said, "General, Cao's army fled in a hurry. They are all infantry. Even if Xiahou Yuan marched fast, can he still be faster than the cavalry? When General Ma arrives, we will catch up with them soon in one day. At that time, we have the advantage of military strength and the advantage of the territory. Why worry about not being able to win a big victory?" Seeing that Han Yin was still a little unhappy, Cheng Gongying lowered his voice and persuaded: "General, this battle can be won and cannot be defeated."

Han Yin understood what Cheng Gongying meant. Although he was unhappy with Cheng Gongying's advice to him not to go out of the city to meet Yan Xing, he still knew Cheng Gongying's intention. Half of the 20,000 people in his hands were just subdued. Although they were all elite soldiers, if they met Cao's army desperately, these people would definitely retreat. Among his own troops, there were many of them Yan Xing's original troops. Yan Xing was outside the city, and these people might become Cao's army as soon as they left the city. If that was the case, he would be in danger of failure. Now it was when Han Sui tested him, and he could not afford to lose.

Damn, isn't Yan Xing a dragon cavalry? Why did he become Xiahou Yuan's subordinate? Han Yin cursed hatefully, kicked the city wall with a kick, and watched the tired Xiahou say that he was leaving with a swagger.

When Ma Chao is over, I will definitely kill you alive.

Han Yin was waiting for Ma Chao to come and chase Cao's army together. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao was two days late. When he arrived in Yuzhong, Xiahou Yuan had already crossed Xinglong Mountain and took down Daxia City with lightning speed. Cheng Yin, who was chasing him, sent back the news. Xiahou Yuan stopped in Daxia City, as if he was resting. As for where he would go next, he couldn't see it yet.

Han Yin was very annoyed. When Xiahou Yuan entered Daxia City, he would have no chance to fight the Cao army in the field. The loss of this opportunity was that Ma Chao came late. If he could arrive one day earlier, they could have chased after Xiahou Yuan before entering Daxia City.

Ma Chao was disdainful to Han Yin at all. Although Han Yin was a few years older than him, Han Yin now had the opportunity to lead troops because Han Sui was about to die. Ma Chao subconsciously believed that he was on par with Han Sui, so how could he take Han Yin seriously? So when facing Han Yin's questioning, he just explained a few words casually, and turned to Cheng Gongying to ask about Cao Jun's movements.

Cheng Gongying was very dissatisfied with Ma Chao's attitude, but unlike Han Yin's face, he still answered Ma Chao's words calmly, and finally said: "Although Cao's army is moving fast, it is an infantryman after all. He arrived at Daxia City yesterday. If the general could arrive one day earlier, we would still have a chance to catch up with them."

"Yuanjie, you don't know." Ma Chao smiled bitterly, reached out to greet Han Yin and Cheng Gongying, and then said, "To be honest, when Xiahou Yuan went out to Shangji, Cao Chong played a trick. He disguised the people who transported the grain into an army of 20,000 and entered Shangji City. Tell me, he stationed 30,000 people in Shangji City. Can I not beware of him coming to take Ji City? Ji City is not very stable, you know that if Cao Chong attacks and there is not enough troops in the city, I will not be relieved."

"Then..." Cheng Gongying sensitively realized that Ma Chao had nothing to say: "How can the general feel at ease now?"

"I got a message." Ma Chao said vaguely: "Someone told me that there are only less than 10,000 people in Shangri-ming City now, and Deng Ai and Zhu Shuo are the generals, and they have no strength to attack Jicheng at all."

Cheng Gongying was surprised. Although Ma Chao did not say where the news came from, seeing his mysterious appearance, it was unexpected that this source of information was a bit unexpected. Since Ma Chao didn't want to explain it, there must be his reason, and it would be inappropriate to ask him again.

He did not ask any further, and Ma Chao did not say anything. Ma Chao came late, because although the news came in time, he couldn't believe it. Just when he was hesitating in Ji City whether to go north to intercept Xiahou Yuan, a mysterious person came to Shangqi and told him the actual situation of Shangqi. He did not believe the news at first, but in order to confirm, he specially sent a scout with the mysterious man to Shangqi City. Unexpectedly, the man really brought the scout he sent into Shangqi City, saw the military camp of Cao's army with his own eyes, and even saw the chief generals of Cao's army Deng Ai and Zhu Shuo. He was relieved and believed the news of this mysterious man, and ordered a total of 20,000 troops out of the city to pursue Xiahou Yuan, but this was two days later than expected, and he lost the opportunity to attack Xiahou Yuan under Yuzhong City.

Ma Chao did not expect that Xiahou Yuan would not retreat but advance under such circumstances, and did not rely on the city to defend, and even dared to hang his army deep into the army. This made him a little regretful. If he had known that Xiahou Yuan would be so decisive, he should have rushed over as soon as possible.

"Ziyi, Yuanjie, Xiahou Yuan ran to Daxia City, but I'm afraid he didn't have any good intentions." Ma Chao said in a dilemma: "There is Changli and Kuhan when Daxia goes west. Most of your Qiang people's families are in Changli, and there are many Qiang people under my command. Jingzhuang is taken out by us. The rest of the remaining ones are the elderly, weak, women and children. Xiahou Yuan is not a good person. He probably went there not just to avoid being surrounded by us."

Han Yin and Cheng Gongying had long thought about this problem. If Xiahou Yuan went there and played a massacre of the city, they would be afraid that their subordinates would be in chaos. They had already notified Han Sui that even if Ma Chao was not there, they would have to set off for Changli. No matter what, Xiahou Yuan would not be allowed to slaughter another city there. Han Sui heard that he had sent someone to Changli.

"What do you plan to do?" Han Yin asked with some excitement.

Ma Chao hesitated a little. Although he knew that Shangji's troops could not pose a threat to Jicheng now, if Cao Chong learned that he was not in Jicheng, he would not miss this good opportunity and would definitely increase his troops to Shangji. Although Jicheng has horse breeds, he was not relieved. If he chased the mountains westward, if there was a change in Jicheng, it would be too late to rush back. But if he said that I would not chase him now, it was your own business. You can go by yourself, it seems a bit unreasonable.

Seeing that Ma Chao was a little embarrassed, Ma Dai interrupted and said, "Major General, Cheng Gong Chief Shi, the inside and outside of Ji City are uneasy. Cao's army attacked Jincheng, and in addition to being unfavorable to you, it is not ruled out that we want to transfer us away and take the opportunity to seize Ji City. With us guarding Ji City, they dare not not defend Shangji and Jieting. Although Xiahou Yuan has 20,000 people, he is still a fool to take down Jincheng. My brother has come here because our two families are allies and the family is in trouble and has to save them. In fact, with the courage of the Major General and the wisdom of General Han, Xiahou Yuan will not be able to gain advantage. Now Xiahou Yuan has been driven away by the Major General, and our purpose of coming here will be completed. If we chase westward, we will enter your territory. This is probably a bit inappropriate. The 20,000 people eat horses and consume a lot every day."

Han Yin was in a much better mood when he heard Ma Dai say it. After calming down, he thought it was a bit inappropriate. He knew that Ma Chao was a man, and it was harder to ask him to help him in vain. The Qiang people under his command were still far away from Daxia. With Xiahou Yuan's courage, he probably wouldn't dare to go there. Most of the Qiang people in Changli were vassals under Han Sui, so Ma Chao had no need to go here. Moreover, Ma Dai also said, it's not that we won't go, but we don't prepare so much food and grass. You can pay me 20,000 people for food and grass.

Jincheng is not Jicheng, and it cannot afford so much food and grass.

Han Yin and Cheng Gongying looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Ma Chao took their expressions and gave in time: "Don't make things difficult for you. Since I'm here, I can't sit idly by. However, the food and grass that Yuan Gao (Ma Dai) mentioned is indeed a problem. Otherwise, I will ask Yuan Gao to take five thousand elite soldiers to follow you. We will pay for the food and grass of his troops. I will save some food by myself, which should be enough to rush back to Jicheng."

"That's all." Han Yin and Cheng Gongying had no choice but to agree to Ma Chao's proposal.

Ma Dai followed Han Yin and Cheng Gongying to set off first and caught up with Daxia to rescue Changli. Ma Chao led the army outside Yuzhong City and took his personal guards to Jincheng to meet Han Sui. He and Han Sui had not seen each other for more than a year. When they saw Han Sui's appearance, they were shocked.

"Uncle, how can I get sick like this?" Ma Chao strode over and sat next to Han Sui's sickbed, holding Han Sui's hand that was so thin that he had only bones left, asked with concern.

"Life is rare in seventy years old. I am over seventy years old. It's damn." Although Han Sui's face was not good, he was still in good spirits. He forced himself to sit up and said to Ma Chao with a grin.

"Oh--" Ma Chao sighed, holding Han Sui's hand tightly, feeling sad.

"Meng Qi, the matter has reached this point. What are your plans? Can you tell me the truth?" Han Sui said earnestly to Ma Chao: "We have been fighting for decades, and the more we fight, the weaker we become. When Cao Chong arrived in Guanzhong, Guanzhong will soon become stronger. We are no match for us, so we should think about a way out."

Ma Chao nodded and said seriously: "My uncle, of course I have to consider these issues. I know your thoughts, and my thoughts are the same as you, and I don't want to fight anymore. But after we fought for so many years, if we gave up like this, wouldn't the hard work of those decades be in vain? My Ma family doesn't matter anyway. My father was a military Sima at the time. If he surrendered to the court now, the emperor would not be so stingy. He would always give him an official who was higher than the military Sima. Uncle, you were a famous scholar in Jincheng back then, and if you fought for more than thirty years and ended up losing everything, what's the point of surrendering to the court?"

Han Sui remained silent. Of course he didn't want to have nothing, but Ma Chao said these things were obviously not casual. He was persuading himself to persevere, but he knew his own body. He also saw Han Yin's performance these days, knowing that Han Yin was not capable of taking over this shift. If he let go, it would be great if Han Yin could save his life. Therefore, if Ma Chao did not give him a satisfactory reply, as soon as Ma Chao left the city, he would immediately call Jiang Gan for negotiation.

"Uncle, my father and brothers are all in Cao Chong's hands. Why don't I want to surrender? I just want to think about my uncle, so I have to stick to it." Seeing Han Sui silent, Ma Chao knew what he was waiting for, and then said, "Our army united with troops, Cao Chong has no choice but to me. What's more, I have news now that Cao Chong's brothers are not in harmony. He wants to pacify Xiliang and make meritorious contributions, but someone may not agree."

Han Sui was stunned, his eyebrows trembled, he straightened his body, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "Meng Qi, where do you start?"

Ma Chao smiled and looked at the side mysteriously. Han Sui waved his hand and let the guards stand farther. Ma Chao lowered his voice and said, "Uncle, you were the dignified general of Zhenxi, and I was also the partial general of the court. Why has he become a rebellion of the court now? This is all harmed. This person has fought in Guanzhong for several years and has not taken advantage of it, but he doesn't want his hard work to become the credit of others. He is now going to help us in turn."

"You mean... Cao Pi?" Han Sui suddenly laughed, and he relaxed and leaned back on the brocade mat: "They are fighting each other, don't be the knife in his hand. How can he help us? Just talk with your mouth? Meng Qi, don't believe that person's words easily, otherwise you will regret it."

Ma Chao smiled confidently: "Thank you, my uncle, for reminding me, of course I don't believe it, so I specially sent someone to go to Weicheng. Although I didn't see the person who provided the news, I was sure what he said was true. Otherwise, how could I dare to leave Jicheng?"

"Is there someone in Shangqi City?" Han Sui blinked and immediately said, "Is it Zhu Shuo?"

"Uncle is the same as I guess." Ma Chao said with a smile: "I heard that Cao Pi had four confidants, three of whom were in Guanzhong, and Sima Yi was in Meiwu. It was impossible for me to send a message. Wu Zhi was in peace, and it was impossible for him to know. After all, only Zhu Shuo was in Shangji, and only he knew the details of Shangji. I also heard that Cao Pi was now General Zhendong, and Zhu Shuo's hometown was Chenliu."

Han Sui showed a desolate smile: "I understand. Brothers are fighting each other, and brothers are fighting each other. It seems that Cao Pi is much more cruel than Cao Chong." Ma Chao's face changed a little. He felt that Han Sui's expression was obviously a little sad when he said the word "brother". Yes, the Cao family was in a disagreement, but he and his father Ma Teng had also become brothers of the opposite sex, but later they attacked each other because of trivial matters, and they made such a fuss. While he was talking about the Cao family, he was afraid that he was also regretting himself.

"Even if someone secretly helps you, what can you do?" Han Sui quickly regained his calm and brought the topic back to the point.

"I want to find an opportunity to severely hit Cao Chong's arrogance and then negotiate with him." Ma Chao said viciously: "If he doesn't die."

"How to fight?" Han Sui glanced at him.

"I have an idea, but I haven't decided yet, so I came to discuss it with my uncle." Ma Chao said respectfully: "If Zhu Shuo was really spreading the news to me, he would definitely have another time. And since he was instructed by Cao Pi, Wu Zhi and Sima Yi would definitely be involved. Uncle, Xiahou Yuan's 20,000 troops have been driven to Daxia by us. There are still 10,000 troops in Shangji, and there are not many guards in Jieting. We can seize Guanzhong again. If Yang Qiu enters Guanzhong from Anding along the Jing River, and I enter Guanzhong from Shangji along the Wei River, and my uncle passes through Jieting to take Fengxian County, and three groups of people are heading together. How can Cao Chong stop it?"

Ma Chao spoke a little excitedly. He stared at Han Sui tightly, with an excited light in his eyes, as if Guanzhong had been firmly held in his palm.

Han Sui's eyes flashed and he stared at the roof without saying a word. Ma Chao held his breath nervously and his face turned red. After a long time, Han Sui suddenly let out a long breath and said, "It's not appropriate."

Ma Chao was stunned, looked at Han Sui with some disappointment, and asked unwillingly: "Why?"

"Meng Qi, think about it, if we want to fight Guanzhong, we have to fight for a long expedition. Xiahou Yuan is still behind us. Maybe we didn't take Guanzhong, but Xiahou Yuan took down Jincheng, Hanyang, Meiwu, and Chencang, all military strategists must fight for. Cao Chong has been through a long battle formation, and there is no reason not to guard these two places. We are cavalry and are not good at attacking the city. To fight Guanzhong, we are short-term attacking the enemy's strengths."

Han Sui took a breath, looked at the thoughtful Ma Chao, and continued, "Instead of going to Guanzhong, it is better to wait for Cao Chong to come to him."

"Will he come?" Ma Chao didn't quite believe Han Sui's inference.

"He will definitely come." Han Sui said affirmatively: "Xiahou Yuan came to attack Jincheng, which was originally a risk, but now we have been driven to Daxia by us. He is thousands of miles away from Guanzhong and is in a very dangerous situation. He has 20,000 people. Xiahou Yuan himself is a major general under Cao Cao, not to mention the three generals Xu Huang, Zhang He and Zhu Ling. The combined weight of these few people in the Cao army is no less than 50,000 troops. Cao Chong cannot watch them surrounded by us without saving. If he is defeated in this battle, he cannot explain to the Prime Minister's Office. If he is defeated in this battle, his previous contribution will be empty talk and he will not be able to recover his vitality within a few years. He cannot afford to lose."

Ma Chao scratched the curly beard on his chin, pondered for a moment, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "That's right, uncle is right, he can't afford to lose."

"Since that's the case, he will definitely come to save him." Han Sui stopped, took a few breaths, and showed a harsh smile: "Since he will definitely come, why should we run over thousands of miles? Why don't we wait for him to come to our familiar Xiliang?"

Ma Chao's thick eyebrows shook a few times, laughed loudly, and his cheerful voice echoed in the room, which made Han Sui frown a little. Ma Chao laughed a few times before looking at Han Sui admiringly: "My uncle is indeed resourceful. I'm right here. After hearing what you said, our chances of winning are greater."

Han Sui smiled and lay down weakly: "It's better, at least we don't have to take risks."

"That's right." Ma Chao didn't care about the disconfidence revealed in Han Sui's words. He excitedly turned around the room with his hands behind his back, then turned to look at Han Sui: "The uncle thought that if Cao rushed to Shangji, how would we use troops to be sufficiently sure?"

Han Sui was breathing, his shriveled chest was fluctuating violently under the light gauze dress. He did not immediately answer Ma Chao's words, closed his eyes and calmed down for a while, and then said softly: "The King of Pinghan Song Jian is in Qinghan. We ask him to send troops to entangle Xiahou Yuan. If there are 20,000 Ziyi and Yuanjie's 20,000 people, Xiahou Yuan cannot go back. I can keep your back safe. Cao Chong's subordinates, except for those who stay in Guanzhong, he is now less than 20,000 people. As long as you lure him out of the city, it is not difficult to defeat him with your ability."

Ma Chao hesitated for a moment and said unhappily: "Will you not take action?"

"Haha, nephew, listen to me." Han Sui waved his hand gently, interrupted Ma Chao's words, and chuckled softly: "I will let Yang Qiu enter the peace. If Zhu Shu and the others are sincere, Wu Zhi will not work. At that time, Cao Chong is in love with him and will definitely send troops back to help. I will send troops to force Jieting and divide his part of the troops. How many more troops can he have in Shangji? At most ten thousand people. You are brave and invincible, and your subordinates are not as complicated as mine. You will not be able to deal with 10,000 people, right?"

"This..." Ma Chao didn't say anything. He thought about it carefully and calculated the strength. It seemed that Cao Chong had no troops in his hands. There were only less than 70,000 people in Guanzhong. Zhong Yao had five thousand under his command, Wu Zhi had five thousand, Xiahou Yuan had more than 20,000 troops, Meiwu, Jieting and Chen Cang had left behind. He had at most 20,000 troops in his hands, not to mention that he had an inner supporter. He was fully capable of winning this battle. Why bother to pull Han Sui over again? Let him go to Jieting to attract Cao's army's attention.

"Since that's the case, please pay attention to Xiahou Yuan, my uncle." Ma Chao bowed and said.

"Don't worry, nephew." Han Sui nodded and said, "Nephew should pay attention to the direction of Hanzhong. There may be reinforcements from Cao Chong there. Besides, be careful in Jicheng. Those big clans are flirting with Qin and turning against each other faster than turning over books."

"Thank you for your reminder." Ma Chao discussed the cooperation with Han Sui again. He didn't even have dinner, so he rushed back to Jicheng with his men. Han Sui lay on the bed and thought for a while, then wrote a letter and asked someone to send it to Han Yin immediately, asking him to contact Song Jian, the King of Pinghan, who was in Pinghan, to attack Xiahou Yuan. Another letter was for Yang Qiu who was still alive, asking him to test Wu Zhi and see how many credible ingredients Ma Chao said. Then he ordered 10,000 troops and prepared to head towards Jieting, and at the same time cut off Xiahou Yuan's retreat.

In Changli, Cao's army camp, Xiahou Yuan stood in the tent with a blue face, lowered his head and glanced at the generals. Outside the tent, Xiahou said that he was pressed to the ground by several soldiers, and he was being punished with his pants. The soldiers who were executing shouted, and the big stick danced in the wind, but if you were careful, you could see that the stick hit the soil on the ground and smashed the grass, but what fell on Xiahou said was really limited. Although he was beaten to the point of blood and blood, he was actually all skin trauma.

After staying in Daxia City for a night, Xiahou Yuan rushed to Changli. Changli is a valley where many Qiang people live by grazing, but because of their strength, they were pulled over to join the army by Han Sui, and there were only women and elderly people and children here. Xiahou Yuan waved his hand and ordered people to be killed until all of them were killed. No matter how strong the Qiang women were, they could not be the opponent of these Cao's army who had a lot of training. If Xiahou Yuan's orders were really implemented, I am afraid that the grass in this valley would grow fatter next year.

Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan's order was not implemented. Although Xu Huang and others opposed it, they did not dare to say too much, but Yan Xing's face looked ugly. He reminded Xiahou Yuan that the dragon cavalry under his command were mainly Qiang people. If the Qiang people were ordered to be massacred, the dragon cavalry would not be able to take it. If the dragon cavalry dispersed, the left governor of the dragon cavalry could not explain to the general of the chariot cavalry, please understand.

Xiahou Yuan sneered at him and acted extremely arrogantly. He ignored Yan Xing's tricks and pointed at Yan Xing's nose and said, "If you talk nonsense, I will punish you for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army. Don't think that he is the confidant of General Cheqi and Cavalry, I dare not punish you."

Yan Xing was so angry that his face was pale. Just as he was about to get angry, Xiahou said that he stood up. He tried his best to persuade Xiahou Yuan not to massacre these people. He said that these people were not Xingguo City, and whether they were killed or not has nothing to do with the war. Moreover, the general of the ches and cavalry had always opposed the massacre of innocent people. If Tu Xingguo City had some reason, Tu Changli would have no reason. His tone was very firm, and he let Xiahou Yuan get angry, protect Yan Xing without giving in, and firmly opposed the massacre. When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he was furious and ordered Xiahou Zheng to be pulled out to beat the fifty military sticks, but it turned out to be like this in front of him.

Hearing the sound of sticks outside and hearing Xiahou's groans made by gritting his teeth, Yan Xing was very grateful. He stepped forward and knelt down on the ground and asked Xiahou Yuan to stop the execution. If he really wanted to be beaten with fifty military sticks, even if the soldiers showed mercy, Xiahou said he would lie on the bed for half a month.

"General, please show mercy to the general. Yan Xing is willing to be punished." Yan Xing shouted loudly. Xu Huang and Zhang He are old and are accustomed to the general. They saw that Xiahou Yuan was abnormal and had been watching coldly. Now seeing Yan Xing was really anxious, they hurriedly followed him to plead with mercy. Xiahou Cheng's subordinate Xu Yi and Le Jin, Yan Xing's subordinate Zhao Guang and Zhang Quan came forward to kneel down together. Seeing that Xiahou Yuan had made a move, he snorted and ordered the execution to stop. Le Jin and Xu Yi hurriedly ran out to urge Xiahou Cheng.

Xiahou Yuan glanced at Xiahou, who was sweating heavily and dying, said that although he was heartbroken, he was merciless at all: "Zhu Zi, for the sake of General Yan and the generals, I will spare you today. However, I can say ugly words ahead and you can not kill these Qiang people today, but if the Qiang people cause any trouble in the future, I will only ask."

"General, don't worry, I will take responsibility for the Qiang people if they have anything to do." Yan Xing breathed a sigh of relief and quickly expressed his opinion.

"I hope you can afford it." Xiahou Yuan snorted: "Give you two days to collect enough food and grass, otherwise you will be engaged in military law."

After saying that, Xiahou Yuan shook his sleeves and went out. Yan Xing turned around and helped Xiahou and said, "Shu Quan, you have suffered this time."

Xiahou grinned and took a breath of air conditioning in pain: "General and I have a master-disciple relationship, so I naturally have to protect the general. Besides, my father was anxious for a moment and wanted to do such a thing. Even if I want to be an unfilial son, I cannot let him make a big mistake." He stopped and said, "General, please go and appease the Qiang people. Don't cause any trouble, otherwise you will not be able to explain in front of the general."

Yan Xing nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, leave this to me."

Yan Xing did not speak loudly. He immediately gathered the Qiang people in the Dragon Rider and told the story of Xiahou's murder to save these Qiang people. Then he told them that the army urgently needed food and grass and needed to collect emergency relief from the Qiang people. He could guarantee that once Xiliang was pacified, he would ask General Cheqi and Cavalry to double compensation for all their losses.

Yan Xing was very prestigious among the dragon cavalry. Xiahou said that he had a good relationship with these Qiang cavalry. Now one was punished and the other guaranteed. The situation Yan Xing said was also true. They also had enough confidence in Cao Chong, so they did not spend much more words. The Qiang people took the initiative to persuade the Qiang people in the valley to hand over the excess food and grass. The Qiang people were originally ready to fight to the death, but when they heard that they didn't have to fight to the death now, although the other party wanted food and grass, they could still leave some food for them, so they agreed. As for the extra compensation in the future, they could not think of that kind of good thing.

Although things went smoothly, the food and grass were not collected enough, which was still far from what Xiahou Yuan asked for. Xiahou said he was a little worried, but Yan Xing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Although these food and grass are only enough for us for two or three days, there is a large granary not far away, which will definitely meet the requirements of the general."

"Is that true?" Xiahou said with joy: "Where is it?"

“Qihan.”
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