After Liu Bei recovered Dunhuang County, he was ready to start governing Dunhuang, so Liu Bei summoned Tian Feng and Jia Xu to discuss with them how to act.

"Lord, I don't know why the two of us are summoned at this time?" It was Chen Gong who spoke, although he had followed Liu Bei for a short time, but Chen Gong also felt Liu Bei's ambition!

"Wenhe, Gongtai, now we have successfully taken Dunhuang, but Bei is thinking about how to deal with Dunhuang." Liu Bei raised his own question.

"Does the lord want to occupy it permanently, or will he only expel the traitors for Luoyang this time?" Chen Gong's eyes lit up, and then he asked.

The main reason why Chen Gong had this question was that Chen Gong was still not sure what Liu Bei's purpose was, and when he was in the Western Regions, Chen Gong had some doubts.

At present, Chen Gong is still loyal to the Great Han, if Liu Bei plans to rebel against the Great Han now, for now, Chen Gong will never help the abuse. It's just that so far, Liu Bei has not revealed to Chen Gong how much ambition he wants to make the world.

Therefore, now, Chen Gong wants to confirm again that if Liu Bei wants to rebel against the Han Dynasty, then Chen Gong needs to think about how to deal with himself.

"If you can, you will naturally be under my rule, and after the situation in the world is stable, it will be handed over to the imperial court, and let the imperial court send officials to govern Liangzhou!" Liu Bei replied slowly, because he had learned about Chen Gong's thoughts from the side, and Chen Gong at this time still had illusions about the current imperial court newspaper.

Therefore, he proposed to temporarily occupy Liangzhou, and if there was a chance to return it to the imperial court in the future.

"If this is the case, when the likes of the kingdom are defeated and killed, and the Luoyang court wants to return to Liangzhou like the lord, what should the lord do?" Chen Gong asked again.

"This is also what I think, but the idea of Beizhi is to try not to fight against the kingdom, and let the kingdom fight with Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, and after a long time, there may be variables in the world!" Liu Bei avoided Chen Gong's question, but replied from the side that he was still preparing to govern Liangzhou for a long time.

It is now the end of November of the fifth year of Zhongping, and according to Liu Bei's memory, by March of the sixth year of Zhongping next year, that is, in March 189, Emperor Ling of Han will die, and at that time, the world will usher in a new change, and at that time, Liu Bei will have the opportunity to occupy Xiliang!

That's why Liu Bei said that he was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle! But he didn't tell Jia Xu and Chen Gong the specific reason.

"Oh, the lord means that this war is slowly fought against the kingdom, and each land conquered will achieve the governance of a land?" Jia Xu listened to Liu Bei's words, but suddenly interjected. But he was also worried that Chen Gong would break the sand pot and ask in the end!

"Indeed, this is not the best time for a decisive battle with the kingdom, if the kingdom is defeated too quickly, and Liangzhou fails to firmly grasp Liangzhou, then Liangzhou will be recovered by Luoyang after the war." Liu Bei emphasized again.

"In this case, the lord can mobilize civil officials from the Western Regions, cooperate with the local officials in Liangzhou, and control Liangzhou step by step." Jia Xu suggested.

"Okay, in this way, I will give an order and order Zhang Zhao to send a part of the civil officials to Liangzhou to govern Dunhuang County first!" Liu Bei said affirmatively.

Then, Liu Bei recruited two women's guards, brought Liu Bei's handwritten letter, and quickly played Gumo City, and also brought a letter to Cai Yan and Zhao Yu.

After the occupation of Dunhuang, Liu Bei once again reorganized the army and horses, thanks to the horse bandits who joined Liu Bei's army halfway, so Liu Bei ordered Chen Gong to lead an army of Shence Army to garrison Dunhuang.

Then, Liu Bei personally led an army of less than 45,000 to continue to set off and attack Jiuquan, because Liu Bei's attack on Dunhuang County was a surprise attack, so he was not too troubled.

However, when attacking Jiuquan County, Liu Bei really encountered some resistance, but the hundreds of county soldiers in various counties were how Liu Bei's army resisted.

Under the leadership of Lu Bu, Zhang Fei and others, it was successfully broken, and it took just half a month, Liu Bei took Lufu, Anmi, Huishui, Leyun, Biaoshi, Yumen, Yanshou, Ganqi, Shatou and other nine counties into his arms.

At this time, Zhang Zhao led dozens of Wenchen to Jiuquan County.

"How can Zibu personally lead people to come, Zibu is here this time, what should I do in the Western Regions!" Liu Bei saw that it was Zhang Zhao, but said happily and worriedly!

"Lord, Zhao is worried that Liangzhou will be more difficult, so he personally led the team to come, and now that the Western Regions are stable, there is no longer any need for Zhao to co-ordinate, but it is okay for the counties to guard it."

At this time, the entire Western Regions has entered a stage of stable development, Zhang Zhao used to be Liu Bei's right to govern, and now that the Western Regions are stable, Zhang Zhao thought about it again and again and felt that this right should be returned to Liu Bei, so he said that this opportunity came to Liangzhou!

"Oh, since Zibu said so, then there is no problem, and now these dozens of officials brought by Zibu have solved my urgent need!"

Hearing Zhang Zhao say this, Liu Bei accepted it! In fact, Liu Bei is also looking for an opportunity to transfer Zhang Zhao away, not that Liu Bei doesn't believe Zhang Zhao, but that the Western Regions are already stable, and Zhang Zhao no longer has much role in this position!

"The lord is worry-free, Zhao already knows. Zhao Bi mentioned that the Lord has solved this urgent need! Zhang Zhao said quite confidently.

"In this way, Zhang Zhao is ordered to be the governor of Liangzhou, and he is in charge of the government affairs of Liangzhou." Liu Bei immediately appointed.

Then he ordered Chen Gong to take command of an army of Shence Army, with a total of 12,500 foot soldiers stationed in Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County to maintain law and order and guard against Xiaoxiao.

After that, Liu Bei ruled Dunhuang County and Jiuquan County into a stage of stable development, and Liu Bei did not rush to march, but displayed the 45,000 troops at the junction of Jiuquan County and Zhangye County, waiting for the arrival of the Kingdom Army!

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After Han Sui and Ma Teng received the military order, Han Sui broke away from the large army and led his personal guards to the Qiang tribe in the southwest of Longxi and Jincheng County, exchanging heavy money and grain and grass for the support of the Qiang tribe.

Han Sui personally visited the Qiang tribe with a lot of money, and then promised all the tribes that he would be grateful for the success of the deed. For this reason, the surrounding Qiang tribes happily went, and in just ten days, Han Sui gathered 60,000 Qiang soldiers.

Then Han Sui led 60,000 Qiang soldiers directly to Zhangye County to join Ma Teng, and when he rushed all the way to the junction of Zhangye County and Jiuquan County, Ma Teng had already set up a position and confronted Liu Bei's 45,000 army!

"Wenyue, Teng has been here for a few days, and the scouts have reported that Liu Bei has taken Dunhuang County and Jiuquan County, and as for Xihai County in the north, it is only a matter of time before Liu Bei takes this place."

"Oh, I didn't expect Liu Bei to be so fast, in just one month, he has already captured Dunhuang and Jiuquan and the counties, but it doesn't matter, knowing that we defeated Liu Bei, these three counties are still in our hands!"

Han Sui said quite confidently, this time Han Sui attracted 60,000 troops, and with Ma Teng's 30,000 Xiliang iron horses, Han Sui was confident that he would defeat Liu Bei!

"Not only that, Liu Bei has already achieved the rule of officials in Dunhuang and Jiuquan, he mobilized dozens of civil servants from the Western Regions, and arranged them to each county, and the original officials in each county have been replaced!"

Ma Teng said worriedly, but Liu Bei's move made Ma Teng more worried, he was afraid that after a long time, the people of Jiuquan and Dunhuang would turn to Liu Bei, and there might be a mutiny in the kingdom's army at that time.

This Ma Teng was originally a descendant of General Ma Yuan of Han Fubo, and the word Shoucheng. A native of Fufeng Maoling (now Xingping, Shaanxi), he was a warlord who seized the Liangzhou area in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Ma Teng is more than eight feet long, with a large body, a majestic face and nose, a virtuous and loyal personality, and is respected by everyone. In the last years of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he was engaged in the army by the state and county administrations, and was in charge of the people.

In April of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), when Liangzhou assassin Shi Geng was a traitor, which led to the rebellion of the Didao kingdom and the Di and Qiang ethnic groups, and the prefectures and counties recruited warriors to crusade against the rebellion.

Ma Teng was conscripted, valued by state and county officials, appointed as a military officer, commanded the troops, and later made meritorious contributions to the battle, was promoted to military Sima, and moved to general.

Soon, Geng was killed by his subordinates, and Ma Teng joined forces with Han Sui and others to join forces with the Hanyang Kingdom and called himself "General Hezhong", and jointly elected the kingdom as the commander-in-chief, and the Han Dynasty called it the Sanfu Rebellion.