Zhang Mao's sudden surrender caught all parties off guard, and during the Liaodong Army's takeover of the entire Wuwei County, the rest of the counties in Liangzhou were silent. The pen www.biquge.info did not openly oppose Zhang Mao's surrender, nor did he express his support for the Liaodong Army to take over Liangzhou.

In short, at present, Liangzhou is in an extremely strange calm.

Faced with the complicated situation, Beigong Chun quickly cut through the chaos and quickly sent people to escort Zhang Mao and Zhang Jun's uncle and nephew to Jicheng to meet Da Sima.

As soon as the Zhang family left Guzang, an army of 'King Qin' came to the west.

It turned out that after receiving the news of Liaodong's invasion of Liangzhou, Li Bai, the governor of the Western Regions, immediately reorganized his soldiers and horses, and set off from Loulan, the residence of the governor of the Western Regions, all the way through 300 miles of quicksand, and entered Dunhuang County through Yumen Pass.

Li Bai was warmly welcomed by the local clans in Dunhuang County, and various families generously donated money to replenish his ordnance, grain and grass. In the face of the kindness of the Dunhuang family, although Li Bai did not know why, he did not refuse. He stopped in Dunhuang for a while, and then galloped all the way to Guzang.

It's a pity that due to the long distance, when Li Bai arrived in Xijun, he received the news of Zhang Mao's surrender to Liaodong, and Li Bai hesitated in the face of a dilemma, not knowing what decision to make.

In the face of the mighty reinforcements from the Western Regions, Beigong Chun did not dare to slack off, he sent Fu Hongtong's cavalry to the west to meet the enemy, and on the other hand, he personally went to visit Song Pei, planning to invite Song Pei to come out and surrender Li Bai.

In the face of Beigong Chun's request, Song Pei looked embarrassed, to be honest, he didn't really want to meddle in this matter. At present, the Hexi family has still not been able to reach a compromise with Liaodong on the matter of taking over Liangzhou, and the conditions between the two sides are too different, and there is little hope of basically resolving it through negotiations.

In the future, the two sides will definitely fight for Liangzhou, and if Li Bai weakens the strength of the Liaodong Army before this, this is definitely what Song Pei, the representative of the Hexi family, wants to see.

"What? Lord Changshi is reluctant to come forward? Seeing Song Pei hesitate, Beigong Chun's face suddenly became very ugly.

"General Beigong, it's not that the old man doesn't want to come forward, but the old man is not familiar with him. He is the chief of the Western Regions personally appointed by Xiping Gong (referring to Zhang Yu), and generally only listens to the orders of Xiping Gong, even if the old man comes forward, he may not give the old man face. ”

Facing Song Pei, who did not enter the oil and salt, Beigong Chun couldn't wait to pull out the knife and slash the other party with one sword. But reason told him that he must not be hasty and patient, killing Song Pei is certainly a pleasure, but it will also force the Hexi family to rebel, which is by no means conducive to Liaodong to solve Liangzhou at the lowest cost.

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Fu Hong led his troops west to Lijing City to meet Li Baibu who was advancing eastward, and six thousand Liaodong iron cavalry lined up to wait, the momentum was pressing, making people feel invincible.

Looking at the amazing Liaodong Army, Li Bai was shocked and sighed again and again: "It really deserves to be the strongest army in the world!" ”

Don't look at Li Bai is very calm on the surface, in fact, he regrets it in his heart, he shouldn't have taken the liberty of leaving the foundation of the Western Regions and running all the way to Guzang, it seems that this trip is destined to be thankless.

After coming to Wuwei County, Li Bai realized that the situation was far more complicated than he had expected, and he originally led his army eastward to repay Zhang Yu's kindness, but he did not expect that the Zhang family had taken refuge in Liaodong.

"My lord, do you want to attack?" Joining the army came to Fu Hong's side and asked.

"Don't worry, maybe there will be a turning point in this battle!" Fu Hong stared at Li Bai on the opposite side and said thoughtfully.

As Fu Hong expected, Li Bai was in a dilemma, and his fanfare came from the Western Regions, and he was unwilling to return in vain. However, after seeing the momentum of the Liaodong Army, he did not dare to start a war with it easily, for fear that there would be no place to bury him.

Just when Li Bai was in a dilemma, he saw a junior colonel come in to report that Fu Hong was outside the camp gate and asked to pay a visit to Master Shi.

"Fu Hong? What is his purpose here? Do you want to persuade me to surrender? ”

Li Bai's heart moved, and he was about to get up to greet him, but suddenly he stopped again, and he waved his hand and shouted, "General Fu Hong is invited to come in." ”

Fu Hong asked to meet with Li Bai, because he saw Li Baijun's dilemma clearly, and wanted to take down the other party without blood.

Fu Hong was right, as soon as Li Bai learned that Fu Hong was coming, he was overjoyed, and he almost went out to greet him in person. Later, considering that the Liaodong Army could not underestimate itself, it made some arrangements.

Li Bai sat firmly in the Chinese army, waiting for Fu Hong to come and meet him in person. In this way, you can not only test the sincerity of the Liaodong Army's appeasement, but also properly show your toughness.

Under Li Bai's special arrangement, the guards at the camp gate stopped the Liaodong soldiers who wanted to go to the Chinese army's big tent with Fu Hong, but only Fu Hong was allowed to enter the camp.

It's just that although Li Bai's idea is good, he underestimates the fierceness of the Liaodong Army. In the face of the enemy's arrogance, the lungs of the Liaodong army were blown up, if it were not for Fu Hong's strong suppression, the Liaodong soldiers present almost had to go in regardless of the killing generals.

"My lord, Li Bai is too rude!" The Liaodong soldiers all around were clamoring.

"Hehe, interesting, isn't it just for me to go in? A certain promise is! Fu Hong smiled slightly, the most important thing for him at present was to quickly solve Li Baijun in front of him, and he didn't bother to pay attention to some trivial matters.

Immediately about to stride in, his guards persuaded one after another: "My lord, I will go with you!" ”

Fu Hong turned around, shook his hand and said: "No need, you are waiting for my good news here, Li Bai dares to assassinate a certain family by killing himself!" ”

After that, Fu Hong didn't wait for the reaction of the guards, and strode into the camp with his head held high.

At this time, Li Bai was also sitting on pins and needles in the account, and sent several groups of people to inquire about the news halfway, for fear that the Liaodong people would not be angry and leave angrily, until he learned that Fu Hong went to the meeting alone, he was relieved.

When Fu Hong came to the outside of the big tent, he saw that Li Bai had not yet appeared, and his eyes couldn't help but show a hint of murder. The little soldier who came to greet Fu Hong only felt that his scalp was numb, and he almost collapsed to the ground in fright under Fu Hong's glare.

Fu Hong followed the curtain opened by the guards and walked into Li Baijun's tent. When I looked up, I saw Li Bai sitting upright. He looked Li Bai up and down, and found that the other party was more nervous than himself, and then Fu Hong completely put his heart down, and also understood the true intention of the previous series of 'difficulties'.

Fu Hong stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Li Changshi, Hong Jiu admires the name, take the liberty to visit, and please forgive me!" ”

"General Fu can come, Li is too late to be happy, what is the general's crime? General, please be seated! ”

Seeing that Fu Hong was not angry at all because of his rudeness, Li Bai was very happy, this incident was enough to prove that the Liaodong Army was very sincere in the matter of appeasement, and the originally stiff face also showed a smile.

The greetings between the two sides have ended, and there are no outsiders here, Fu Hong is not verbose, he directly put away his smiling face, and said to Li Bai with a serious face: "Li Changshi, you can take refuge in Liaodong, I am very happy, however, there are some things, I must make it clear, and please don't blame Changshi for the abrupt places." ”

"General Fu has something to say, just listen to it!" Li Bai arched his hand.

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point. Li Changshi, you should know very well that with the surrender of the Zhang family, Liaodong's entry into Liangzhou is unstoppable. Although you have more than 10,000 troops under your command, they are not worth mentioning in the eyes of my Liaodong. Not to mention that you are still far away from the Western Regions, you have long been a rootless tree and a sourceless water, although you are strong and strong, you have long since lost a place to stand. ”

"It can be said that there is still a glimmer of life in Liaodong except for taking refuge in me, and there is no other way out. To say something that Changshi doesn't like to hear, if it weren't for Changshi's defense of the Western Regions for the country, a certain cavalry would have been wiped out long ago. ”

Although Fu Hong's words were contrary to his ears, Li Bai knew that what the other party said was the truth, and the current situation did not allow him to have any other choice. Don't look at the current Liangzhou on the surface, it looks dangerous, not only are there big families inside, but there are also Hulu outside who take advantage of the situation to disturb the Quartet.

But in fact, Li Bai knows very well that as long as the Liaodong Army exerts its strength, everything is just a paper tiger, and there is nothing to worry about.

"General Fu, if you take refuge in Liaodong, will you give up the Western Regions?" Li Bai was afraid that Liaodong would not pay attention to the Western Regions, so he asked this question, obviously he underestimated Liaodong's ambitions.

But seeing Fu Hong, he smiled and said: "Li Changshi doesn't know that the most important purpose of Da Sima sending us to Liangzhou is to prepare for the capture of the Western Regions in the future. Liaodong not only will not give up the Western Regions, but will also strive to restore the hegemony of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions. (To be continued.) )