The winter in Dunhuang is extremely cold, and the city of Dunhuang is particularly difficult, and the troops on the periphery have long been cleaned up by Xu Huang, and no one dares to lead the army out of the city.

Ma Teng's life was not long in coming, and Ma Wenlu publicly persuaded everyone in the Ma family to surrender to Jiang Sheng.

The crowd was not as fiercely opposed as before, but Ma Chao still disagreed.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Ma Teng stopped breathing and bid farewell to the stage of history!

Ma Wenlu fainted several times from crying, and Zhang He's third letter to Ma Wenlu was shot into the city.

Zhang He wrote in the letter that considering the death of Ma Tengxian and the grief of the Ma family, Jiang Sheng's troops would never take advantage of the danger and talk about it after Ma Teng's funeral was over.

This lasted for less than a month, Ma Chao replied, if he wanted him to surrender, it was okay, but he had to fight Xu Huang once, if Xu Huang was defeated, Jiang Sheng would allow the Ma family to guard Xiliang, if Xu Huang won, the Ma family only wanted to live, and nothing else.

Xu Huang hasn't been directly into battle for a long time, and he is a little apprehensive about a master like Ma Chao.

Xu Huang's troops all have cotton clothes, and the forage and charcoal reserves are sufficient, so it is not a problem to surround Dunhuang for three or five months, but it is difficult to say how to fight Ma Chao alone.

Xu Huang didn't reply to Ma Chao in time, Ma Chao was extremely anxious, and Ma Wenlu persuaded Ma Chao: "Big brother, since you have decided to submit, why do you have to fight alone?" In case of defeat—"

Ma Chao interrupted Ma Wenlu: "Impossible! ”

Ma Wenlu said: "Big brother is so irritable, how can he win? Surrender like this, forgive him Jiang Sheng can't do anything to us! But if we lose, we're done! ”

Everyone also persuaded Ma Chao in this way, but the arrogant Ma Chao was actually so easy to convince?

Ma Chao went out of the city single-handedly, and when he arrived at Xu Huang's camp, he shouted that he wanted to fight Xu Huang alone.

Xu Huang just shouldn't, Ma Chao was angry, and his patience was almost worn out, so Xu Huang walked out with a big axe.

Ma Chao said: "You shrunken turtle finally appeared, in front of the two armies, do you dare to fight with me?" ”

Xu Huang was not in a hurry, and said loudly: "Ma Chao, don't be ashamed. If you want to bring shame upon yourself, then I will fulfill you! ”

The two of you are inseparable, they are all moves of hard work, and everyone is sweating for the two of them.

After more than 100 combinations, Ma Chaoyue became more and more brave, but Xu Huang, who was seven years older than Ma, was a little difficult to support.

After a few dozen more fights, it is estimated that Xu Huang will be defeated, but Ma Chao suddenly stopped, and Xu Huang was puzzled.

Ma Chao said with a smile: "General Gongming's martial arts are outstanding, and Meng Qi is not as good as him." ”

Xu Huang knew that this was Ma Chao to save face for him, so he accepted it when he saw it: "If you don't win or lose, why should Meng Qi be humble?" ”

"So, it's a tie. As for this lottery......"

"To make a compromise, I recommend you as the general of the third grade, and your younger brother is at least a general of the Zhonglang, I don't know if it's okay?"

Ma Chao felt that the conditions were acceptable, so he said: "Then thank the general first." Tomorrow at noon, the general will enter the city to receive it. ”

Xu Huang said: "Okay! Please—"

The two of them each returned to their main formation, and only brought the day to surrender.

Zhang He came to the gate of Dunhuang on a snowy morning, and he said loudly: "Zhang He and Zhang Yiyi of the King of Jin invited Miss Ma Wenlu to go out of the city to see him. ”

A soldier had already entered the room to report that Ma Wenlu was dressed in military uniform and stood at the head of the outer city, "What did General Zhang call me for?" ”

Zhang He said: "That day apart, I missed the girl, but the two armies fought and didn't dare to see each other." Recently, I heard that the Ma family was going to defect to King Jin, and I was overjoyed, so I wanted to talk to the girl. ”

Ma Wenlu's face was flushed with shame, she had never seen such a confession girl in broad daylight, she turned her head and left.

Zhang He felt very faceless, and at this time, Xu Huang smiled not far away: "Can't you wait for half a day?" Haha-"

As he was talking, the city gate slowly opened, and Ma Chao took the lead and walked out, "General Xu, General Zhang, please enter the city and speak!" ”

Xu Huang and Zhang He returned the salute with their fists, and then followed Ma Chao into Dunhuang City.

After entering the Ma Mansion, Xu Huang proposed to worship Ma Teng first, and Ma Chao agreed.

Zhang He also went over to bow down, and then the guest and host sat down.

Ma Xiu came over with the account book and let Xu Huang look at it, and Xu Huang passed it to Zhang He.

Although Xu Huang is said to be the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, he is ranked behind Zhang He, who is the first person to mix with Jiang Sheng, and his status is definitely higher than Xu Huang. It is not difficult for Xu Huang to understand this.

The account books are nothing more than records of Ma Teng's military officials, land and property, etc.

After Xu Huang and Zhang He briefly turned over, even if they completed the surrender, the weather was cold, and they did not go to the school to receive the troops.

Xu Huang believed that Ma Chao was a fair and upright man, so he didn't do these things that hurt his feelings.

Xu Huang only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses into the city, Zhang He only brought a few dozen guards, and the rest of the troops were camped outside the city.

A few days later, the reinforcements were transported into Dunhuang City, alleviating the living problems of Dunhuang.

has nothing to do, Zhang He and Ma Wenlu are tired of being together every day, and they can see that the raw rice is going to be matured.

Three months later, the weather warmed up, and Jiang Sheng's envoy also arrived in Dunhuang, nominally sent by Emperor Xian, of course.

"Bai Ma Chao is the general of Zhenxi, Ma Tie is the general of Pingdi, and Ma Dai is the general of Anyi......" The reward is one level higher than what Xu Huang promised.

The edict also gave marriage to Zhang He and Ma Wenlu, which made Dunhuang City happy.

According to Jiang Sheng's unified deployment, Ma Chao stayed in Wudu and formed a northwest battalion, with the goal of Yizhou.

Jiang Sheng expanded the field army, each field army was expanded to 60,000 people, with three brigades under its jurisdiction, and other civilian and military generals of the Ma family were scattered to each field army to serve as middle and senior officers.

By now, Jiangbei has completed reunification, and Jiang Sheng is in his forties.

Jiang Han and Jiang Rui have also grown up, especially Jiang Han, who has become a young general! Jiang Rui doesn't like martial arts, he loves literature and art, and he can be regarded as growing up.

A few years ago, Tang Ji, who lived in Qingzhou, was matched by Liu Qian and married Zhao Yun, and after she was rescued by Jiang Sheng, she secretly promised, but Jiang Sheng never thought about it, and waited for Jiang Sheng for so many years, but waited for Liu Qian's big media.

Zhao Yun is also not bad, his character and martial arts are first-class, and he is Jiang Sheng's sworn brother, and his status is also the world's attention.

After Tang Ji married Zhao Yun, he gave birth to a son, named Zhao Tong, and he was also a brave and ruthless guy, just like his father, he would find Jiang Rui to compete with martial arts at every turn, and he didn't care about Jiang Rui's dislike of martial arts at all.

A few years ago, Zhen Yan's sister-in-law Zhen Mi married Xu Huang, and later gave birth to a son, named Xu Gai, and now she is also babbling.

Before you know it, everyone is getting older, and the great cause of national reunification is less than halfway through.

However, the process of the war has begun to shorten, and the thermal weapon "Fire Dragon Arrow" developed by the Han Academy of Sciences came out, and the principle is no different from the rocket artillery of later generations, except that the "Fire Dragon Arrow" is launched with the power of gunpowder thrust reverse, and it is the iron arrow that plays a role, but the power is not trivial.

After several experiments, the technology has matured, and Jiang Sheng first arranged to use it on the battlefield in Xiangyang.