In a battle on the banks of the weak water river, the rebellion in Hexi was wiped out.

Yijian's concubines, Zhiyuanduo and other Hu chieftains were all beheaded.

The rebel general Ma Chao was captured with all his strength.

The Qianghu soldiers and horses were wiped out in a battle, and only a few hundred horses escaped from the battlefield.

Among these hundreds of riders, very few can really escape.

After all, what the brigade faced before the war and what the defeated and fleeing people faced was a completely different piece of Gobi quicksand.

Moreover, even if they crossed the quicksand Gobi, they would be desperate to find that Dunoze had been occupied by the soldiers and horses of Ganling, Yang Qiu, Zhang Ji, Yang Fu, Yan Wen and others.

Those people and horses that Ma Chao stayed to confuse the Yan army, there was no way to hide the Yan army who had insight into the enemy's situation and had been planning for a long time, and the day after Ma Chao left, the Yan army's soldiers and horses drove straight in, and Du Noze was lost.

Of course, Yan Wan was also rescued.

The victorious Yan Xing led his army back to Guzang in Wuwei, while Yang Feng accepted the secret order to lead his army to stay in the subject state of Zhangye temporarily.

He will attack the tribes of Juyanze, raise a butcher's knife against the Ding Lingren, behead the men who are taller than the wheel, and the rest of the women and children will be naturalized and migrated to Longyou, where they will live with the Han and carry out tuntian.

After a baptism of iron and blood, everything seems to have returned to its original appearance, without the fighting and hustle and bustle of horses, Hexi will gain a period of peace and tranquility.

The Kwantung region was in an emergency, and Yan Xing, who had been consumed by the rebels for five months, had to rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible and stopped in Guzang City, mainly because there were several affairs at hand that had to be dealt with here.

The first is Ma Chao's life and death, the ulcer doctor in the army told Yan Xing that Ma Chao's injuries were too serious and he was not suitable to follow the army on a long journey back to Chang'an, and if he was to survive, the best way was to let him stay in Guzang City to heal.

In this regard, the civil and military forces under Yan Xing's command strongly objected, and they thought that there was no need to escort Ma Chao back to Chang'an, and he would be killed here in Guzang, so as not to have many dreams at night and regenerate.

The attitude of the generals was particularly fierce, and Yang Feng, Bao Zhu, Wang Zhong, Yang Qiu and others, who were defeated by Ma Chao, were eager to immediately slash this enemy who had damaged their prestige in the army.

Wen Chen considered that Ma Chao's reputation in Liangdi was far and wide, and it was more advantageous for him to die in Hexi than in Chang'an, and he could use his head to deter people's hearts, and also prevent any more rebellious people and horses from using his name to make trouble in the future.

Yan Xing didn't make a decision immediately, because he thought about much more than ulcer doctors, military generals, and civil ministers, and he met his rescued sister first.

Yan Wan's face was a little pale, but she was in good spirits, and she didn't cry and complain anymore when she saw Yan Xing, maybe she knew that it was really not suitable to behave like this in front of Yan Xing at this time.

Yan Xing wouldn't ask her about the Qianghu tribe either. The man lost the battle, the woman was captured, and it was already a blessing to be able to save it. At this time, I also asked her how to survive in the tiger and wolf pack, which was not only a humiliation for her, but also a humiliation for herself.

"You say, after the city was broken, it was Ma Chao who saved you?"

"Well, although his mind is different from others, he is not a traitor."

Yan Wan's answer was a little absent-minded, and Yan Xing didn't ask any more questions, and after a while, he continued:

"Come back to Chang'an with me."

"I heard that Jia Yuanjun has recovered Longxi and Jincheng, and my brother won't go to Yunwu?"

"Don't go, there are still many things in Chang'an, let Zhengdu go back for Gu."

"Oh." Yan Wan lowered his head and responded, "Then I'll go down and prepare." ”

"Go ahead."

Yan Xing waved his hand to let Yan Wan retreat, he sat alone in the big tent, and asked people to summon Wuwei Taishou Zhang Ji.

As soon as Zhang Ji entered the account, he heard the voice of the hussar general above.

"De Jong, you have governed Wuwei very well, if Gu hands over Hexi to you, will you be able to govern it like Wuwei?"

"What virtue and how can he be able to take on such a heavy responsibility."

When Zhang heard it suddenly, his heart was also beating wildly, both flattered and worried.

Yang Feng and Zhao Hong, who are in Hexi, are all old people in Liangdi who have followed the hussar generals for a long time, with these two, even though he can be called the rising star of the hegemony, in the process of counterinsurgency in Hexi, he is also decent and has a small merit, but he can suddenly ascend to a high position, and at this time, he may not be a blessing for him.

Zhang Ji subconsciously wanted to postpone the apology, but before he could say his discretionary words, he heard the hussar general continue:

"Lone knows your worries, Lone will leave Pang and Bao Er to help you, but it will not let your governance have many constraints. Kanto is eventful and also needs a large number of people. ”

At this point, Zhang Ji also understood, and he hurriedly bowed down again.

"So, the minister commands!"

Yan Xing nodded and continued:

"The three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, and Jiuquan, and the two subordinate countries of Zhangye and Juyan have all suffered military disasters this time, especially Zhangye County and Juyan subordinate countries, the people are scattered, the fields are barren, and the pastures set up in Hexi have also been damaged, with countless losses of war horses, and thousands of soldiers are unfortunately buried here, and their souls are difficult to return to their hometowns."

Fortunately, however, the rebellion had been put down and the counties had returned to peace. The lonely first removed the thorns is to enable you to carry the whip, do your best to shepherd Hexi, and be a follower who loves the people like a son and educates Hu Han. You still have a long way to go to govern Hexi. Do you understand the meaning of loneliness? ”

"Minister, you must do your best and live up to the king's order!"

"Okay, you can step back first."

After Zhang retreated, Yan Xing summoned a few more civil and military officers in the big tent, and then he sat alone in the tent for a long time, and when the sun set in the west, he did not summon other civil and military personnel, but got up and went out of the tent to meet a person.

A man who has been wounded many times.

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When the curtain of the tent door was lifted, a remnant sun penetrated into the tent, Ma Chao, who was lying on the couch, heard the movement, and regardless of who was coming, he turned his body sideways to the tent wall, and when he turned over and pulled the wound, he frowned in pain, but he still clenched his teeth and said nothing.

Yan Xing, who had entered the account, did not make a sound, he sat on a hu bed, looked at Ma Chao's strong tiger back, and was silent.

"You could have become a character like Geng Yi, but you have to follow Deng Feng's old path."

I don't know how long it took, Yan Xing finally spoke, his voice was low, and he didn't know whether he was sorry or hateful.

"Hehe, I'm different from them, others are afraid of you, but I'm not afraid."

Ma Chao sneered, and finally turned around, the spasms caused by the pain made his face even more distorted and hideous.

Yan Xing finally saw Ma Chao's eyes, a pair of fearless eyes that burned with raging flames.

"But you're left alone."

Hearing this, Ma Chao gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

"yes, I didn't expect you to come in person, hehe, I'm still defeated after all."

"What else do you want to say?"

"I know what you want to know."

Ma Chao giggled, so much so that he coughed violently, and the pain from the wound made him frown again.

But he finally endured the pain and said.

Starting from how he let Chun Yuqiong go and got in touch with Yuan Shao in Hebei, he used the incident of making trouble in Yanfu to clear suspicions, hibernate in the hard labor camp, and used the fact of leg injury to create the illusion of being lame and crippled and self-abandoned, and finally took advantage of the opportunity of the new army in Guanxi to enter Liang to quell the rebellion, and used a short axe of hard labor logging to attack and kill the military officials, and defected to Qianghu.

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao opened his eyes and smiled proudly again.

"Do you think that a lame young man who only has children in his heart, is self-willed, and destroys his future can't make a big deal, so I deceived you and everyone!"

Yan Xing was silent.

When Ma Chao coughed violently again from laughter, Yan Xing spoke again.

"Lone really didn't expect that a young man could have such a careful plan and be willing to pay such a big price."

Ma Chao showed a mocking expression, and the corners of his mouth curled.

"And what about you, aren't you the same?"

Yan Xing thought about it and nodded rarely.

Indeed, when he was the same age as Ma Chao, he had already done the major task of attacking the grain and grass of the Kwantung Coalition Army and quelling the Baibo Rebellion in Hedong, and he was planning to take advantage of the death of Dong Zhuo in Chang'an to get rid of the control of Niu Fu and others, comprehensively seek Hedong, and seize the huge political property left by the Xiliang Army.

It seemed that what Yan Xing saw on the couch was a sneering self.

"What else do you want to say?"

"Say no more. I know what you want to know, hehe, but can you believe me when I say it? ”

Ma Chao closed his eyes again and stopped talking.

Yan Xing waited for a while, then got up and said.

"You know, there are actually several chances to kill you."

"Yes, in the valley, in the Huaili, in—hehe, I can't remember."

"But now, you're trying to let Lone kill you."

"Hehe, for me, defeat is only one way to die. Moreover, Yuan Shao's army has already killed Bingzhou and Sanhe, you can only kill me, and if it is too late, there will be no chance. ”

Yan Xing exhaled a long breath, he took one last look at Ma Chao, turned around and walked out of the tent.

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Ma Yunlu, who was pregnant, hurried to Wuwei, and in her womb was her and Gan Ling's second child, but at this time, Gan Ling did not have much joy when he saw his wife.

He knew why Ma Yunlu came.

"You shouldn't be here!"

"But the concubine came after all."

Ma Yunlu, whose lower abdomen was slightly raised, looked at Gan Ling, who was frowning, and said indifferently.

Gan Ling simply turned his back and didn't look at his wife.

"Your younger brother, this time he committed the capital crime of rebellion, and it is no longer possible to atone for his sin with gold, silk, money, and food. You know, I don't know how many people outside the tent want him to die right now. ”

"But you can intercede for him."

Hearing Ma Yunlu's stubborn words, Gan Ling smiled helplessly.

The world has changed, he may be the original Ganling, but Yan Xing is already a hussar general, and he will not be the original Yan Xing.