In the next few days, the situation was unpredictable. One thing that could be seen with the naked eye was that the food prices in Wuwei were getting higher and higher, the streets of Guzang City became more and more deserted, and every household in the city was stocking up on food and grass and did not dare to move out. They naturally knew very well about the news of the crimes of Qiang and Hu.

Cowardice and prudence are the nature that every little citizen possesses.

In addition to the changes in Guzang in Wuwei, the most obvious changes are the military newspapers from the Wuwei border. These military newspapers and bamboo slips are piled up, which is half a person tall, which shows the severity of the war. In the Xiumao City, the Xianbei people even met the defenders of Xiumao City, and the casualties continued to expand.

Among these casualties, ten Xianbei people often replaced a Han man, but even so, Cao Chong's heart was still bleeding. He knew that the war was far from beginning, and the people here were just Xianbei people who were forced to desperate by the King of Xiqiang. These Xianbei people were extremely simple in weapons and armor, and they were even more hungry. They dared to attack Xiu Tucheng, which proved that they had reached the final situation. If they did not attack Xiu Tucheng, they would starve to death in a few days.

The food and flesh of hundreds of traveling merchants could not fill the stomachs of this alien.

Cao Chong naturally felt distressed when the person who was waiting to die consumed his own vitality.

The war was fierce, and the casualties in Xiutu City had reached four or five hundred, and thousands of injured people. In just two days, Xiutu City's combat power was weakened by half.

However, these days have not been completely bad, and there have been good things.

For example, the coalition forces formed by Cao Chong have now 60,000 people entered the camp, and the remaining 60,000 people are also rushed over, so the general lieutenant has naturally chosen it.

The general of Wuwei County was Jia Kui, so he naturally obeyed Cao Chong. The general of Jiuquan County was the prefect of Jiuquan, and the general of Dunhuang County was appointed by Linghu Gang, a military officer of Dunhuang County. This Linghu Gang was not someone else, but the eldest son of the Linghu family and the first heir.

Although the Cao family in Dunhuang did not get the position of general, under Linghu Gang, three of the four lieutenants belonged to the Cao family, that is, of the 40,000, 30,000 were under the jurisdiction of the Cao family in Dunhuang, and the contributions were naturally divided by the three lieutenants.

Cao Chong naturally knew some of the little tricks played by the aristocratic family, but there was no need to stop them, because Cao Chong didn't think about asking them to go back from 80,000 people from Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County.

How could it be possible to wipe out more than 100,000 Qiang and 200,000 without some sacrifice?

If they want to make merit, they have to work hard!

At this time, Cao Chong was summoning three generals and twelve lieutenants of the coalition forces to discuss matters. As for the heads of the aristocratic families, since they handed over the army, Cao Chong naturally would not give them a chance to get involved.

Looking at the three generals, except for Linghu Gang, both Jiuquan Prefect and Jia Kui were a little older, and two of the twelve lieutenants were Cao Chong, and Wang Shuang and Deng Ai were among them.

The other two lieutenants of Wuwei County were handed over to the Cao family of Wuwei and the Zuwan Zhang family.

After all, as his younger brother, if Cao Chong is harsh, then some aristocratic families in Jiuquan and Dunhuang will not follow him in the future. If you want to be followed by others, first of all, you must be willing to give up. Only with giving up can you gain.

After everyone arrived, Cao Chong also spoke.

"Everyone, the situation is getting worse and worse, I think you know."

As soon as Cao Chong finished speaking, the prefect of Jiuquan stepped out.

"June, although the situation is turbulent, it is not yet severe. June is worried about the fact that the aliens outside the city are only tens of thousands, so there is no need to worry at all. If June allows him, June can take my 30,000 sons from Jiuquan County to eradicate these aliens for June."

Seeing that the prefect of Jiuquan stood up, Linghu Gang couldn't sit still. He stood up and bowed to Cao Chong, saying, "The prefect said very well. The Qiang and Hu outside the city were nothing but mobs. It's not worth mentioning. If the king and lord were willing, the last general would also lead the army to wipe out."

If tens of thousands of aliens, especially those who do not have much equipment, are eaten by themselves, then the position of general will be easily captured.

This is also the reason why the two people compete for a chance to fight in front of Cao Chong.

Cao Chong naturally knew what these people thought, but he didn't say it, but he just had a smile on his face.

"The two generals are brave, and I am very impressed by the Hou, but I'm afraid you don't know that the one outside the Xiu Mausoleum City is not the troops of the King of Xi Qiang."

Not the troops of the King of Xiqiang?

Jiuquan Prefect and Linghu Gang showed some strange colors on their faces.

"It's not Qianghu, but also a foreigner. Killing it is a meritorious?"

Cao Chong's mouth twitched, feeling a little disgusted.

Cao Chong originally wanted to tell them the dangers of this matter, but when they came to their heads, they all turned into the word "meritor". Sure enough, interests always make people take risks, and Marx really won't deceive me.

"My merits are of course counted."

Before Cao Chong could finish his words, Linghu Gang spoke immediately.

"Since it is considered a merit, then I will be willing to fight."

Cao Chong was stunned for a moment, just as he was about to speak, but he didn't expect that the prefect of Jiuquan also stood up at this time.

"I will report to you, the last general is willing to go."

Titles, sometimes people can really make people desperate. Cao Chong wanted to talk to these people, but he didn't expect that this process would be saved directly.

You should know that these tens of thousands of Xianbei people are just the way to open the way. Behind these tens of thousands of Xianbei people is the Qianghu that is raising energy.

Tens of thousands of Qianghu!

If you suddenly rushed out more than 100,000 Qianghu people when you were harvesting the lives of the Xianbei people, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Unfortunately, these two people only saw the tens of thousands of Xianbei people in front of them, and only saw the interests, official titles and dangers represented by these Xianbei people in front of them, and they left behind them.

Perhaps in their opinion, even if the Qiang and Hu people arrive, they will probably escape with their tails when they see their army.

People in the three counties of Liangzhou were used to bullying Xianbei people, and they inevitably developed a sense of arrogance. Unfortunately, the Qianghu people were not Xianbei people. This can be seen from the fact that the King of Xi Qiang had captured all the Xianbei in Hexi in less than a day.

The strength of both is self-evident.

However, even though Cao Chong had some thoughts in his mind, Cao Chong still said the reminder.

"Everyone, since you are going to lift the siege of the city massacre, this marquis can naturally agree to you, but you must be careful. The strength of Qianghu and Hexi Xianbei is different."

Hearing Cao Chong's agreement, the prefect of Jiuquan and Linghu Gang knelt down directly.

"Don't worry, Lord, we will definitely return triumphantly."

Cao Chong nodded and said to Guo Xiao beside him: "I would like to go and get wine. I want to give the two generals a brave journey."

Hearing Cao Chong's words, Linghu Gang looked at each other with a glimmer of joy under his eyes.

At this time, Jia Kui also stood up and saluted Cao Chong and said, "Mr., since the people from Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County have all gone, there is no reason why the people from Wuwei County will not go. The Xianbei people are so hard to kill, so they cannot take away the credit."

Jia Kui said this, and the smiles on the faces of the prefect of Jiuquan and Linghu Gang gradually calmed down, with a look of worry in his eyes. He looked up at Cao Chong and seemed to want to see Cao Chong's decision.

If Cao Chong was unwilling to let them go and let Jia Kui go, they really had nothing to say. Of course, it would be certain that the two of them would hate Cao Chong afterwards.

Cao Chong knew very well about the thoughts of these two people, and his smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"General Jia, don't panic. There are more than 200,000 people from other races, but now it's only 30,000 to 40,000. Are the generals afraid they won't be killed? The brothers from Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, came from afar, and came from afar are guests. Since we are the masters, we should be more generous."

"Yes, yes, yes, just be more generous."

Hearing Cao Chong's words, the prefect of Jiuquan quickly responded, fearing that Jia Kuizan would come in and compete with them for merit.

You know, although the Xianbei people had 30,000 to 40,000, they probably didn’t have 10,000 in the end. They dare not take all the merits of their subordinates. If they took them all, who would still work hard for you?

Originally, it would not be enough to accumulate a general's merits. If you, Jia Kui, add it, it would be great.

Looking at the faces of Linghu Gang and the prefect of Jiuquan, Jia Kui snorted fiercely, as if he was kneeling back in anger.

Seeing this scene, the two of them dared to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Since that's the case, then Benhou wishes the two horses a success. In addition, there is still a reminder, that is, don't make a rash move. When you encounter danger, you will immediately return to Xiumao City and not act rashly without authorization."

Linghu Gang and the prefect of Jiuquan picked up the wine bottle in front of them, and naturally agreed, and then drank the wine in the wine bottle in one go.

"After drinking Junhou's glass of wine, we will surely return to triumph."

Cao Chong nodded, but was complaining in his heart: After drinking my bowl of Zhuangxing wine, you can go with peace of mind!

The two of them left the lobby with eight lieutenants. Everyone from Dunhuang County of Jiuquan County left. Cao Chong finally gave Jia Kui a few words and asked the five to retreat.

Since these aristocratic families are insatiable, that's fine.

Cao Chong's eyes flashed and he thought deeply in the lobby for a while. After a while, Cao Chong did not stay in the lobby, nor did he go to the study to handle official duties.

In the past few days, Cao Chong has been handling official duties day and night, and his health has almost been destroyed. Taking advantage of the fact that the King of Xi Qiang has not arrived yet, Cao Chong took the time to go back to the inner courtyard.

The inner courtyard is as always, but it is a little more lively.

The reason why it is more lively is that there are more women in the inner courtyard.

One is the daughter of the Cao family, the other is the daughter of the Zhang family, and the other is Miss Zhibai.

The place Cao Chong was going to at this time was Miss Zhibai's residence.

A few days ago, although Cao Chong wiped out all the remnants of the Duan family, two people were left behind, one was Duan Cheng and the other was Miss Zhibai.

Duan Cheng was detained in the prison of the provincial governor's office in this way, while Miss Zhibai was taken to the inner courtyard by Cao Chong for strict supervision.

Taking Miss Zhibai to the inner courtyard was not because Cao Chong was greedy for Miss Zhibai's beauty, but because Cao Chong saw the value of Miss Zhibai.

Compared with Miss Zhibai, Duan Cheng is like an outer member of the Duan family. Not only is the last one to know about the Duan family treasure, but even joining forces with Cao Pi is just a letter.

A letter can convince Duan Cheng, a person who is blinded by hatred, but it will definitely not convince Miss Zhibai. However, if Miss Zhibai agrees to all this, that would be interesting.

Originally, Cao Chong thought it was because Miss Zhibai had little say in the remnants of the Duan family, but after questioning Duan Cheng, Cao Chong found that this was not the case.

Since it is not because there is not much right to speak, it is another possibility: there is too much right to speak.

In other words, the cooperation between Cao Pi and the Duan family was through the Zhibai girl and Duan Cheng, which was just a coincidence.

Miss Zhibai did not take her life in the end, and she should have ulterior motives.

Of course, Cao Chong would not think that Miss Zhibai fell in love with her directly and forgot the revenge of killing her father.

If Miss Zhibai’s words were true, then she might be able to forget the hatred of killing her father, but it would be a big grudge to burn her over ten years of accumulation, let alone Miss Zhibai’s life is not safe.

You may fall in love with someone who is good for you and do whatever you want for him, but no one will fall in love with someone who can kill your life at any time, and this person is your father-killing enemy.

If it is not love, it means it has a purpose. When the Qiang and Hu invaded, the purpose was very obvious.

Before, Cao Chong was still a little confused about why the Qiang and Hu did not attack Tianshui County, Longxi County. In the end, Cao Chong used Tianshui County, Longxi County to perfunctory himself.
To be continued...