Ma Chao's self-confidence is not without reason.

The golden signboard of the Ma family is very useful in the territory of Liangzhou, and Ma Chao, who is of mixed Qiang and Han descent, has maintained close contacts with the Qiang people here, and it is by no means comparable to Cheng Gongying's background. In the era of valuing the family, Ma Chao is better able to command the heroes and integrate greater forces than Cheng Gongying.

Ma Chao thinks that Cheng Gongying's attack on Ji County is not good, and he has become a lost dog, no matter what, he must be loyal to himself in order to protect himself, in order to show the importance of this person, of course he has to cross the river in person, which is nothing.

Looking at the cold splash of Weishui, although Ma Chao who crossed the river was full of confidence, he still felt a burst of coolness.

He suddenly missed the life in Guanzhong.

At that time, he was invincible, conceited and martial arts, which few people in the world could match, and he should do something great with his enthusiasm.

But Ma Teng had lost his enterprising spirit at that time and lived a life of mixed day by day, Ma Chao was very angry at that time, but after such a long time, he suddenly began to miss that time. At least at that time, life was quite carefree, although there was constant friction with Han Sui, but everyone was finally safe under the mediation of the imperial court, and now he is constantly turbulent, forced to leave his hometown, and live a precarious life.

Fortunately, I met a good person like Zhang Lu.

Ma Chao swore that he must not be sorry for Zhang Lu this time, and must let the world change their impression of Ma Chao, and respect talents in Liangzhou in the future, practice benevolent government, and make something admirable.

Definitely, definitely!

After crossing the river, Ma Chao soon arrived at Xianqin.

He heard that Cheng Gongying had crossed the river to pursue Chang Diao, so he simply sent someone to contact the surrounding Qiangdi tribes and tell them that Ma Chao had returned.

Ma Chao changed his previous recklessness, and this time he really waited patiently for a long time, but he actually received an extremely shocking news - the surrounding Qiang tribes had all fled, and there was no one left!

This news made Ma Chao quite stunned.

The Qiang people here live an agricultural life, and few people are nomadic, even if a few families are forced to relocate due to floods and droughts, they will not move away together, and there is not a single one left!

How is this possible!

Ma Chao was surprised, and felt that this matter was beyond his control.

He hurriedly sent someone to inquire again, only to learn that Chang Diao's water attack had caused a devastating blow to these tribes, and then Cheng Gongying recruited the last young men of each department to take revenge, and some deserters came back to say that Cheng Gongying was ambushed by Chang Diao, and the whole army suffered heavy losses.

"How can this Cheng Gong Bohua use such a ruthless method? Don't you hear that benevolence and righteousness are not applied, and the offensive and defensive forces are different? Our army is in a difficult situation, we should practice benevolence and virtue, and slowly figure it out, how can we continue to recruit soldiers and soldiers to fight?

When I see this man, I will reprimand him severely! ”

Ma Chao said that he was full of righteous indignation, but he was really a little weak in his heart.

That's how he used to fight, and now he is a little ashamed to talk about others so righteously.

Fortunately, no one dared to accuse him of his shortcomings to his face.

Ma Dai sighed worriedly:

"Brother, I don't think I can stay here any longer. Nine times out of ten, Chenggong Bohua has been defeated under the command of Chang Diao, and then Chang Diao's army attacked, our army may not be able to hold Xianqin, it is better to retreat to the south bank of Weishui, first meet with Ling Ming, and then try to make a big deal? ”

Ma Chao glared at Ma Dai and sneered:

"As soon as this incident came out, I couldn't retreat.

Everything in Liangzhou is in me, if I retreat, wouldn't it make people underestimate my Liangzhou heroes? What makes Cheng Gong Bohua even more disgusted? Zhiyue, I want to go back to Xiliang now, and if I want to get Liangzhou back, it depends on people's hearts! Popularity! People's hearts are more important than martial arts! ”

Speaking of this, Ma Chao's face darkened again, and he couldn't help but shake his head gently:

"Hey, it's a pity I didn't understand this before, otherwise...... We won't end up here. ”

Ma Dai breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice:

"Brother, I don't think Liangzhou is a place to stay for a long time, my brother wants to start here again, but I'm afraid it's a little difficult."

"So how? Don't I know that the enemy is strong and unbreakable? It's just that the matter has come to this point, if I don't recapture Liangzhou, how can I have a place in this world? ”

Ma Dai gritted his teeth and said, "Brother has a way. Brother thinks that this Zhang Lu is not a person who can achieve great things, but he ......"

"Shut up!" Without waiting for Ma Dai to finish speaking, Ma Chao's thick eyebrows twisted, and his face was full of anger, "Shijun is sincere to me, just like a reborn parent." If it weren't for Shijun, we would almost be in a desperate situation, and we wouldn't be able to stand here now! A man can't repay his kindness, what kind of man is he?

Don't insult your master again, otherwise I'll be the first to turn against you! ”

Ma Dai pursed his lips, and said in his heart If it weren't for Yang Ang's brute thing to hurt people, we wouldn't have ended up like this, and Brother is too easy to trust others, just afraid that he will fall big in the future.

Ma Dai knew that Ma Chao's body was far from being as good as it seemed.

Before the long-term battle and the pain of losing his hometown, Ma Chao had serious physical problems, and for a while, he couldn't even compete with Ma Dai when performing martial arts, which showed that his body was already very weak.

Ma Dai now hopes that the two brothers can find a place to recuperate for a year or two as soon as possible, and with Ma Chao's current body, if he encounters another big setback, he is afraid that it will be difficult to recover.

Ma Chao's decision is not convincing at all by virtue of Ma Dai.

They stayed in Xianqin for three days, and when they heard that Cheng Gongying was really defeated, they began to prepare to cross the river to return to Xianqin, Ma Chao shook his spirits and asked Ma Dai to go with him to meet this resourceful Liangzhou celebrity.

Ma Chao deliberately changed into a snow-white brocade robe that he hadn't worn for a long time, with the flag and scepter issued by the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty (to Ma Teng), and sent people to prepare a lot of gifts, and waited by the river early.

On the way here, he has been silently reciting the sentences written by someone to find someone, and he is ready to show his sincerity and demeanor after meeting Cheng Gongying.

Thinking that Cheng Gongying, who was defeated, should be depressed and unspeakable, it was when he was in a panic that he should be quite excited to see that the two still had a chance to cooperate.

Cheng Gongying's ferry got closer and closer, and the people on board obviously saw Ma Chao's flag, and seemed to be quite confused and surprised.

Cheng Gongying on the boat poked his head out and ordered the whole army to be on alert with a command flag, Ma Chao saw that a group of archers were ready, and quickly ordered his subordinates to retreat a little back and let Cheng Gongying go ashore to show that there was no hostility.

Cheng Gongying breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, knowing that Ma Chao had not taken refuge in the enemy, and waved his hand to tell the generals not to be nervous and wait for the docking.

After a long time, Cheng Gongying's big boat finally came to the water's edge, he waved his hand and ordered everyone under his command to destroy all the ferries, while calmly going ashore, walking near Ma Chao under the protection of everyone, and said loudly:

"I wonder what General Ma has to say?"

Ma Chao said with a pleasant face:

"General Bohua, I was shocked when I heard about General Han's death in Hanzhong, and hurried to Ji County to mourn my uncle.

Hearing that the thieves occupied Ji County and tried to plot against Xiliang, he was even more angry.

Super resourceful enough, I know that I can't fight Yunshan, so I specially came to ask Bohua, I don't know if Bohua is willing to help me repel the thieves and recover Liangzhou?

In the future, I will divide the lands of Liangzhou with Bohua equally, and I will never make Bohua difficult! ”

Ma Chao thinks that his conditions are already very good.

Although Cheng Gongying is quite resourceful, it is unrealistic to use his prestige to mobilize all the forces in Liangzhou.

But he Ma Chao has such prestige and ability, all Cheng Gongying needs to do is give Ma Chao advice, and then Ma Chao will do the dangerous thing of trapping and killing the enemy, and after repelling Yunshan, Ma Chao can still give him half of Liangzhou.

How can there be such a good thing in this world, no one can refuse.

But Ma Chao never expected that Cheng Gongying just looked at him with a sneer, and after a while, he slowly shook his head:

"General Lao is worried. A certain age is old, and I don't want to work hard anymore, so please step down and ask for another master! ”

The smile on Ma Chao's face froze immediately, he looked around, and saw that the soldiers under the command of Cheng Gongying were either full of resentment or fear, and they didn't regard themselves as their own people at all, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious:

"Why is that? Bohua, is there any misunderstanding in this? ”

"Misunderstanding?" Cheng Gongying sneered, "Meng Qi thinks, what misunderstanding is there?" Tell me, I'll listen! ”

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