Cheng Gongying rushed to Zhangye immediately after getting Wei Yan's order, persuading Zhang Ye Taishou to surrender, Zhang Ye Taishou at that time was originally Han Sui's general Cheng Yi, and later because Cheng Yi went out with Han Sui, so Cheng Yi's brother Cheng Ji was temporarily replaced, because Cheng Yi was killed by Ma Teng, and he was a colleague with Cheng Gongying, and he was also the same sect, Cheng Gongying persuaded Cheng Ji to surrender Wei Yan on the grounds of Cheng Yi's revenge, and Cheng Ji agreed to surrender to Wei Yan without any thought.

On the one hand, it is the revenge of killing his brother, and on the other hand, it is the persuasion of his clan brother, Chengji naturally has nothing to hesitate.

Wei Yan was naturally overjoyed after learning the news, he really didn't expect that the benefit of people's tongues would be so powerful, and Chen Gongying's three-inch incorruptible tongue could be regarded as an army of tens of thousands.

In this case, Wei Yan almost effortlessly obtained the entire Zhangye, including the two areas inhabited by different races, the subject state of Zhangye and the subject state of Juyan.

Among these two subject countries, Zhangye belongs to the main domestic settlement of the Lu Shuihu people, Juyan belongs to the domestic settlement of the main Qiang people, Lu Shuihu people are the branch of the Xiongnu, they have already heard the news of the surrender of the Xiongnu royal court, know the strength of the Han army, even the huge power of the Xiongnu has been packed up and obeyed, he Lu Shuihu is just a side branch of the Xiongnu, the strength is not as good as the Xiongnu's Sancheng, if you want to resist, it is simply looking for death, so Lu Shuihu chose to surrender at the first time.

Most of the Qiang people in Juyan were favored by Han Sui, and now that Han Sui was killed, they were willing to avenge Han Sui, so they quickly chose to surrender.

Juyan's subject country has 10,000 elite horsemen, these people belong to the command of the subject state commander, of course, under normal circumstances, they are also under the command of Zhang Ye Taishou, this "general" means that the imperial court has the strength to control these subject countries, if it is when the strength of the imperial court is declining, these alien races may also raise troops to rebel.

Of course, after the Battle of Liangzhou, Wei Yan defeated Han Sui, and these people had already realized the strength of the Han army, so the Lu Shuihu people in the subject country of Juyan were still relatively obedient and did not dare to have any dissent.

And not long after Zhang Ye surrendered, there was news that Jiuquan Taishou Huang Yan surrendered, it turned out that Huang Yan himself was an accomplice who was gathered by Han Sui to rebel, and his relationship with Han Sui has always been close in recent years, but the reason why he chose to surrender is not only because he wants to avenge Han Sui, but also because the situation is compelling, now Han Sui among the two princes of Xiliang was killed, Ma Tengyuan is in Longxi and Jincheng, far away, at the same time Huang Yan also knows that Wei Yan's strength is very strong, with his own strength is not an opponent, In order to protect themselves, they must also choose to surrender.

In this way, there is only one Dunhuang left in the four counties of Hexi, Dunhuang's Taishou is named Ma Ai, Fufeng people, and Ma Teng is the same clan, although this Ma Ai does not have any connection with his brother, but Han Sui is still very protective of him, so he was arranged to the westernmost Dunhuang to be the Taishou, but Ma Ai did not complain about anything, but conscientiously did his Taishou, but the Dunhuang governance was in good order.

In fact, during this period, Ma Teng once sent someone to secretly find Ma Ai and persuade him to raise troops to rebel and respond to Ma Teng, but Ma Ai categorically refused, because Ma Ai only cared about the people of Dunhuang County under his control, and he didn't care who owned it at all.

Of course, on the other hand, Ma Ai felt that since he belonged to Liangzhou, he naturally had to be under the jurisdiction of the Liangzhou Thorn History, and he had nothing to do with Ma Teng, the Yongzhou Thorn History.

And when Cheng Gongying came here to persuade him to surrender, Ma Ai accepted it very naturally, because Ma Ai had already belonged to the rule of the Liangzhou Thorn History, and now the Liangzhou Thorn Shi sent people to surrender, representing the imperial court, what reason did he have for refusing?

So under the persuasion of Cheng Gongying, all the counties and departments of Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Wuwei counties all surrendered, and Wei Yan unified the entire Liangzhou except Jincheng in just one month.

In this case, Ma Teng did not dare to attack Pei Qing's army easily, he knew that since his subordinate Pang De surrendered to Pei Qing, and his son Ma Chao and others also became protons, there was no fierce general in his army who could compete with Wei Yan, and Pei Qing was now gathering tens of thousands of troops to prepare to conquer Cao Cao, he did not dare to touch Pei Qing's moldy head at this time.

Ma Teng's attitude naturally gave Wei Yan enough time to consolidate his rule in Liangzhou, and it didn't take long for Wei Yan's status to be recognized by the entire Liangzhou counties.

Overjoyed, Wei Yan immediately reported the good news to Pei Qing, and praised Gongying's merits in it.

Soon after, Pei Qing's order came, ordering Cheng Gongying to go to Chang'an to Xugong, and at the same time an order was sent to Duan Tong as Zhangye's Taishou, and to protect the Qiang Zhonglang general, Juyan subordinate state lieutenant and other positions.

Wei Yan was actually very surprised after hearing Pei Qing's appointment of Duan Tong, because he knew Duan Tong's ability, with Duan Tong's talent, he was only an ordinary lieutenant at most, but now he not only served as Zhangye Taishou, but also directly commanded the tens of thousands of Qiang elite soldiers in the subject country of Juyan, you must know that the Qiang people generally worship heroes, if Duan Tong does not have enough courage and command ability, it is difficult to get their approval.

"The lord is not a person who uses people inappropriately, his appointment is generally just right, and now this Duan Tong has been appointed like this, which is enough to prove that this Duan Tong now has the ability to command tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the Juyan subject country, does this mean that the lord has given Duan Tong the elixir?"

Thinking of this, Wei Yan's heart was hot, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy, and his heart was a little sour, this Duan Tong was lucky, he got the elixir so easily, he worked so hard before and after, but he hadn't obtained the elixir yet.

So as soon as he saw Duan Tong, Wei Yan said a little sourly: "Congratulations to Brother Duan for being reborn and greatly improving his strength, as long as the elder brother works hard, he will definitely not lose the title of marquis in the future, even if he is on the side, it is not impossible." ”

But seeing Duan Tong's red face, he said: "General Wei has a good reputation, this is all the grace of the lord, which can allow Tong to obtain the ability comparable to that of the grandfather Ji Minggong of the first cousin, but the lord said that the experience of the last general is not enough, and the last general needs to hone for a few more years under General Wei, so that he can really be comparable to Ji Minggong, as for the general, the lord asked me to tell the general, the general only needs to wait with peace of mind, once Mr. Cheng returns smoothly, he will order the general to go to Chang'an to report the merits, and he will not be given the immortal medicine at that time." ”

"Huh? Lord, Lord, is that really what Lord-in-law said? Wei Yan said with a face full of disbelief after hearing this.

"Naturally, otherwise, how dare the last general make up such a lie to deceive the general." Duan Tong's heart was very proud, he felt that all this was a dream until now, and in the blink of an eye, he actually had the ability to rival his late cousin Duan Cheng?