Yuan Shao believes that if he wants to form the Kwantung Alliance, he must be the leader of this alliance, and this alliance leader can naturally be the strongest person, which is very important.

Tian Feng had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and suggested that Yuan Shao should bow his head in exchange for peace and buffer time since he was not working against Chang'an now.

This time, Yuan Shao did not object, and he sent an envoy to the central court in Chang'an to pay tribute to the court, in order to ask for a reward.

Lu Bu thought that he should not make too many enemies before he completely dealt with Liangzhou, so he accepted Yuan Shao's kindness and awarded him the title of Youzhou Assassin, and also awarded his son Yuan Tan as the Taishou of Bohai, Yuan Xi as the Taishou of Wei County, Yuan Shang as the Taishou of Hejian, and the country of Hejian as a county.

Yuan Shao received the holy decree and was quite satisfied, but Gongsun Chan couldn't hold on, but the battle situation came to a stalemate.

In order to stabilize his rule in Youzhou, Yuan Shao reused the old departments of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan, and Xian Yuyin, Yan Rou, Tian Chou and others were rewarded.

Lu Bu's attention is always on this land in Liangzhou.

Ma Chao was eventually assigned to the 7th Cavalry Brigade under Pound's 3rd Cavalry Division and became the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, but this reconnaissance battalion was directly under the command of the division commander.

In the reconnaissance units of the Central Army, only the division level is assigned to the reconnaissance battalion, and at the brigade level there are only reconnaissance companies.

However, because Pound also served as the brigade commander of the 7th Brigade, the divisional reconnaissance battalion was placed in the 7th Brigade.

returned to Liangzhou with Ma Chao, as well as Zhang Xiu, who graduated with him and had excellent grades and won the silver medal.

Zhang Xiu himself asked for Li Dao's Fourth Cavalry Division, because of Lu Bu's commitment to Zhang Ji, so Zhang Xiu directly became a regiment commander of the 10th Cavalry Brigade of the Fourth Cavalry Division after graduation, and his official rank was one level higher than Ma Chao.

Ma Dai also returned to Liangzhou, his grades were average, and he was assigned to the Sixth Brigade of Zhang Liao's Second Division.

As for Ma Xiu, he was assigned to the Sixth Cavalry Division and served under Zhao Yun.

After more than half a year of replenishment and training, the 7th and 9th Brigades of the 3rd Cavalry Division have regained their combat effectiveness and are fully reloaded.

However, in the past six months, Zhang Liao's Second Division and Li Dao's Fourth Cavalry Division have performed very well in the war against the Xiqiang people.

Among them, the most prominent was Yu Ban's Fifth Brigade, which swept through the hinterland of Xiqiang for 800 miles, wiped out two tribes that resisted to the end, and conquered three tribes.

According to Lü Bu's military order, the recalcitrant Xiqiang tribe was exterminated, the surviving old and weak women and children were reduced to slaves, and the surrendered tribes were all relocated to Hanyang, Anding, Beidi and other counties.

The army of the Liangzhou Expeditionary Force has leveled the various tribes of Xiqiang and the Yueshi Hu, killing and killing, surrendering, and there is no different voice.

And Fa Zheng and Hou Cheng and Zhang Liaobing were divided into two routes, and they had already recovered Wuwei, Zhangye and Jiuquan with the Second Cavalry Division, and were on their way to Dunhuang.

After all, the four counties of Hexi are too far away, and the recovery of one county will restore the order of local production and life.

These areas are far from the Central Plains, inconvenient transportation, and extremely scarce materials, so the Fazheng asked the imperial court in Chang'an to send a lot of necessary daily necessities and a large number of medicines to this area, so as to improve the living environment of the local Han people and ethnic minorities.

Because the Han army who came this time was sincerely doing things for the people and thinking about the people, Fa Zheng also asked the military doctors in the army to diagnose and dispense medicine for the local people free of charge, so they won the trust of the people.

Everyone sincerely supported the Central Army and actively provided clues about Han Sui, and the local gentry no longer sheltered Han Sui.

Han Sui and his 2,000 remnants have really become lost dogs, fleeing all the way to the west, and even often doing some robberies and robberies, and have completely degenerated into horse bandits.

The news that Fa Zheng came back was that the last trace of Han Sui was found was Dunhuang half a month ago.

Ma Chao heard the news of Han Sui, so he repeatedly asked Pang De and Zhang Liao to fight.

Pang De is Ma Chao's uncle, and like Ma Chao, he wants to avenge Ma Teng! That's why he won't stop Ma Chao, and even help him ask Zhang Liao to fight.

Zhang Liao and Pang De have both read Lu Bu's handwritten letter, and even Lu Bu does not object to Ma Chao avenging his father, how can Zhang Liao be this villain.

Besides, the 3rd Cavalry Division has been resting for more than half a year, and it should also be dispatched and active.

Zhang Liao agreed to Pang De's request and allowed Pang De's 7th Cavalry Brigade and Guo Yan's 8th Cavalry Brigade to enter the Hexi Corridor and rotate Hou Cheng's 2nd Cavalry Division.

After all, the Second Division has been fighting continuously for a year, and I am afraid it is already very tired.

However, Zhang Liao demanded that after Pang De arrived at the Hexi Corridor, he must obey the command of the chief of staff of Fazheng, and not act without authorization, especially to manage Ma Chao well.

Zhang Liao also sent a letter to Lu Bu, explaining this transfer, and asked about the next direction of work, which is actually the handling of the countries in the Western Regions.

The prisoners of war of the Western Regions Alliance Army are still imprisoned in the prisoner of war camp in Ji County for labor reform! Of course, the leaders have been released and returned home.

This time Pound went to Dunhuang, and Zhang Liao also specially asked him to bring the former Western Regions Governor Shi Wang Meng, because he was familiar with the local situation and knew many Chinese, which should come in handy.

Lu Bu quickly gave Zhang Liao a clear answer, the Western Regions should not only be taken back, but also done well.

At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty had almost canceled the Western Regions Governor's Mansion, but Lü Bu asked Fa Zheng to go and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, which was not only rebuilt, but even upgraded, restoring the scale of the establishment when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest.

He appointed Fa Zheng as the new protector of the Western Regions, serving as the county guard, but it was one level higher than the previous protector of the Western Regions, and the previous protector was equivalent to a cavalry captain.

Lu Bu's demand is that the countries of the Western Regions must be united or controlled under the banner of the Protectorate of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, and they will never be allowed to engage in separatism and independence.

Lu Bu authorized that Fa Zheng was fully responsible, and if necessary, the entire army of the Liangzhou Expeditionary Force could be put into use.

Because the entire territory of Liangzhou has been recovered except for Dunhuang, Lu Bu decided that the Liangzhou Expeditionary Force could be renamed the Liangzhou Army of the Central Army, Zhang Liao was still the commander of the army, and Fa Zheng was the chief of staff of the army.

The remnant sun is like blood, shining on the desert Gobi.

The spacious post road is uninhabited and desolate.

Only a white horse came in the dust, and the speed was very fast, and the four hooves rose into the air, as if flying.

Ma Chao rode his "Dragon Sparrow", galloping like flying, but he was the only one, and his subordinates were far away from knowing where to throw him.

Ma Chao's biggest wish now is to be able to carry wings on his back and let him fly to Dunhuang.

In just one year, Ma Chao was hit in a row, and the pain of losing his mother and father made him feel sad, and the pressure of revenge was prematurely pressed on the shoulders of the young Ma Chao.

And the culprit of all this is the old thief Han Sui, Ma Chao does not dare to forget this blood feud for a day, even when he is studying intensely in the military academy.

The pressure of revenge has also become a source of motivation for Ma Chao to study all the knowledge desperately and hone his skills without sleep and food, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!

As soon as the graduation exam was over, he learned about his father's death from Ma Dai, although his father committed a taboo in the military family and was greedy for merit, but it was Han Sui who killed him.

Ma Chao made an oath not to kill Han Sui and swear not to be a man.

(End of chapter)