After Murong Han was beheaded by Ma Chao, the Qiang people were immediately in chaos. Without a leader, these Qiang people desperately evacuated by the original route.
"Young master, don't chase the enemy when you are in trouble." Ma Chao was about to start a fight, and he was about to ride his horse to give chase, but he heard Ma Jian behind him step forward to stop him.
Ma Jian had watched Ma Chao grow up since he was a child, and he knew his young master's temper. With his few words, he probably couldn't leave Ma Chao's footsteps behind, "Young master, my master has something to say. After beheading the enemy's head, he will quickly return to the direction." Its report."
Ma Chao really planned to pursue him, but when he heard Ma Jian reveal his father's identity, he couldn't help but murmured, snorted angrily and turned his horse's head, "Let's go."
The horse stamped its hooves and galloped away. Looking at Ma Chao's back in the distance, Ma Jian looked helpless. However, Ma Chao did not lead his troops to pursue him privately. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief: "It's so scary! This young master is really difficult to serve."
The appearance of the Ma Jiajun destined the outcome of this battle, and the Qiang army quickly withdrew from the battlefield like an ebbing tide. When the defenders who thought they were in imminent disaster saw that the Qiang army had evacuated and their lives had been saved, they suddenly shouted loudly.
After the Qiang people retreated, the city's prefect went out to welcome Ma Teng's army. The dog prefect was so frightened that he hid on the city wall and watched the fighting below. Seeing that Pang De's army was besieged, not only did he not send anyone out of the city to help, he was even more worried. He yelled at Pound for not overestimating his abilities.
It was not until the Ma Jiajun appeared and repulsed the Qiang army that the prefect breathed a sigh of relief and went out of the city to greet Ma Teng.
When Ma Teng moved into the city, the prefect was afraid that he would seize military power, so he made excuses to let Ma Teng's army be stationed outside the city. However, what he did was even more embarrassing. Ma Chao was angry. If Ma Teng had not told him, Ma Chao would definitely take action.
"Father, this dog governor is really nothing. Not to mention that his men were so seriously injured, he still dared to hold a banquet to celebrate. If father hadn't held me back, I really wanted to go up and beat him up." Beicheng In a large house, Ma Chao walked back and forth in the hall, cursing constantly, showing great dissatisfaction with the governor of Longxi County.
Ma Teng didn't say much. He sat at the main seat in the hall and drank the hot tea just brought by his servants. "Meng Qi, this matter is none of our business. Now that the matter in Longxi is over, we will set off back to Wuwei County tomorrow."
"Go back to Wuwei County, father, you're not kidding me. The governor is incompetent, so it's a good time to capture Longxi. Longxi County is a place that our army has long wanted to gain, and its three counties, Longdong, Longnan, and Longxi, are areas for military strategists to compete for. , If they can capture Longxi County, they can march towards the three counties of Hanyang, Wudu, and Jincheng. In less than half a year, half of Liangzhou will be the territory of our Ma family army." Ma Chao was dissatisfied with Ma Teng's words and hurriedly stood up. He spoke. Looking at Longxi, which he could win in vain, and evacuating, he would not suffer such a loss.
Ma Teng shook his head, "As a father, why don't you think about it? Although he was named the governor of Xiliang, the place where he was stationed was only Wuwei County, not as big as Longxi County. Now, although the strength of our Ma's army continues to expand, Dong Zhuo is still eyeing Chang'an. Han Sui is on good terms with me on the surface, but secretly he wants to annex our Ma family army in one fell swoop, and Longxi County has long been valued by the two forces. If our army takes this county, it will definitely end up being besieged by the two forces, so as my father I think it is better to withdraw the force and think about it in the long term.¡±
The terrain of Longxi County is much smaller than that of Wuwei County, but its development and population are completely higher than Wuwei County. Wuwei County has a vast terrain, but nearly half of it is desert, which is much worse than Longxi.
Ma Teng doesn¡¯t want to be the first to take the lead, and is mainly conservative. Just when Ma Chao was unwilling to persuade his father again, a soldier ran in from outside and said, "Report! Lord, there is a man named Pang De outside the house asking to see him."
"Pang De, that's the lieutenant you rescued, Meng Qi." Ma Teng couldn't help but look at Ma Chao and asked.
Ma Chao thought deeply for a while, "Yes, that's the man. My father didn't know how powerful this man was. He single-handedly charged into the Qiang army. No one could stop him with one strike. It is said that hundreds of Qiang people died under his sword. It's true. A strong man."
Ma Teng nodded and said to the soldiers who came in to report, "Quickly ask Lieutenant Pang to come into the hall No, Lieutenant Pang is injured, so Ma will go out to greet him personally."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Teng stood up and walked out of the house, "Meng Qi, go with your father."
"I obey." Ma Chao followed Ma Teng, and the father and son walked out of the house. When they saw Pang De wearing thin clothes, his face was pale and standing outside the door. The wounds on his body had just been bandaged, and because of the excessive force, There is bright red blood in this bandaged wound.
"Pound, I would like to thank General Ma here. If General Ma hadn't come to the rescue, I'm afraid Pang would have become a dead body. From now on, Pang De's life belongs to the general, and he can go up to the sword mountain or the sea of ????fire at his own will." Pang De He is a bloody man, and he is also a daring person. Now he is still in his early twenties. When he was rescued by Ma Chao this time, he would give his life back to him.
Ma Teng meets Pang DeSuch a great gift, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, "Please get up quickly, please get up quickly, Commander Pang is still injured, how can you not cherish it so much." Ma Teng hurriedly turned around and looked to the left and right behind him and said, "Left and right, right and left, Quickly help Captain Pang enter the mansion."
Pound was helped into the hall by the two men on the left and right. Since Pound came to submit to Ma Teng this time, how could Ma Teng let such a fierce general leave. He also told Pang De about his coming to Longxi this time, without hiding anything.
Pound was excited that Ma Teng trusted him so much, and the relationship between the two became much closer. It was not until dusk when Pound was injured and could not sit for a long time that he personally saw Pound off.
Two days later, Ma Teng left Longxi County, and with him were Pang De and his brothers who had been through life and death.
Seeing that Ma Teng was leaving, the governor of Longxi personally led people to see him off at the city gate. As for Pang De, he really didn't try to persuade him to stay. For him, Ma Teng left just right, Longxi was saved, and it didn't matter whether he had Pang De or not.
Although Longxi County was not captured during this trip, for Ma Teng, having one more Pound was more valuable than the entire Longxi County.
The Battle of Xiliang finally came to an end, and at this time several major events occurred in Bingzhou. Wang Kuang, Chang Lin, and Han Hao were sent to Jinyang to meet Liu Long. Guo Jia and Wang Yue also rushed back from Youzhou and brought Lu Zhi back safely. Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi helped to give lectures. Immediately, the nobles from Bingzhou also rushed to Jinyang, and the whole Taiyuan was very lively.
While Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi were giving lectures in Jinyang, Liu Long met Wang Kuang, Chang Lin, and Han Hao, who had been brought back from Hanoi, at the City Lord's Mansion. Now that Hanoi is in the hands of Liu Long, Liu Long's hatred of Wang Kuang has decreased a lot, but he will not be soft-hearted, and he will not let go of those who betray him.
I¡¯m working late and can only do one update tonight. It seems there is no hope for two updates. I will break up tomorrow night and seize the time to update twice.