However, Pang De still pretended to be blackfaced, pretended to be dissatisfied, and ripped his neck and shouted: "Duan Xuan, since you have already recognized the lord, why don't you lead the army down the mountain early to meet the lord?" Do you want your lord to go up to the mountain to meet you? ”

Duan Xuan suddenly realized, patted his head, and said, "The last general will come down here, this will come down!" As soon as Duan Xuan turned around, he climbed onto the horse, and then supervised and urged the whole army to go down the mountain.

Ma Chao watched the rebel soldiers come down the mountain one by one, and smiled at Pang De. Ma Chao thought to himself that this Pang De was really wise and brave, and he didn't expect that he would be able to subdue a fierce general in this way. It's still Pound's plan, with Pound being the villain and him being the good guy, Duan Xuan will naturally be doubly grateful to him. However, this also made Pang De bitter, and attracted Duan Xuan's hostility for no reason, and Ma Chao decided to reward him again.

After all, Pound gave him a general, and now there are only two generals, which is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. His army had swelled to 20,000 horsemen, and only he, Ma Dai, and Pang De had the ability to lead the army. And Ma Dai is still just a teenager, if it weren't for him, the trilogy would not obey Ma Dai at all. So in fact, only he and Pound were in charge of the army. If he can surrender during this time, he will be able to share some of the military affairs for him, and he will be easier and more flexible in command.

Duan Xuan soon led more than 9,000 soldiers down the mountain, and their weapons had already been thrown down the mountain, allowing Ma Chao's troops to be collected and taken away. After Duan Xuan descended the mountain, he immediately dismounted, and also ordered his subordinates to dismount and walk towards Ma Chao.

At this time, Ma Chao saw Duan Xuan clearly, and saw that Duan Xuan was tall and thin, and he looked a little weak. But Duan Xuan's eyes were big, bright, serious, and he looked very energetic.

Duan Xuan also saw Ma Chao clearly at this time, and saw that Ma Chao was really as rumored by the Qiang people, with a face like a crown of jade and a handsome appearance, presumably the Qiang people's rumors that he had the courage of ten thousand people were also true.

Duan Xuan walked in front of Ma Chaoma, knelt down on his knees, and said, "Duan Xuan see the lord!" ”

Ma Chao turned over and dismounted, and helped Duan Simmer with both hands. Duan Xuan slowly stood up obediently, still bowing his head slightly in front of Ma Chao. Ma Chao was very satisfied with Duan Xuan's obedience, and said with a smile: "In the future, General Duan will be the general of my department, and he will lead several troops for me." ”

Duan Xuan was overjoyed when he heard it, Ma Chao promoted his military rank as soon as he came up, and he was promoted from a lieutenant to a lieutenant general. The lieutenant said that the general was reluctant, but once he became a lieutenant general, then he would be a rightful general.

The more he felt that surrender was a wise decision, not a reckless decision after being angry with the kingdom. Duan Xuan said happily: "How can the last general be so favored by the lord?" ”

Ma Chao patted Duan Xuan's shoulder and said, "Then it depends on your future effect." ”

Duan Xuan understood and said: "Lord, the last general has already condemned the kingdom, and I am willing to dedicate it to the lord." The last general also inspected the soldiers and horses led by the kingdom, and there were still 9,200 people, all of whom knew the prestige of the lord, and were willing to abandon Han Sui's traitors and take refuge in the lord, lead the horses and carry the stirrups for the lord, and serve the dogs and horses. ”

After Duan Xuan finished speaking, Ma Chao glanced at the pawn behind him a few times. These soldiers were all newly rebelled from Beigong Boyu to Han Sui, and they were naturally astute, so they immediately knelt down and said in unison: "We are willing to serve the young general as the lord and meet the lord." ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Okay, good." Ma Dai and Pang De, you two can quickly cooperate with Duan Xuan and fill these soldiers into our army. From now on, it will be all part of my horse super. ”

So, Ma Chao ordered Duan Xuan, Pang De and Ma Dai to scatter these soldiers and integrate them into their own tribes, and the tribes once again surged to 32,000 horses, which had already begun to become a climate.

Ma Chao learned from Duan Xuan that Han Sui's main force was rushing towards the street pavilion, but due to the fatigue of the troops, he had only just left Jicheng yesterday.

Ma Chao expected that although Han Sui would garrison the army to rest after hearing that Jieting had succeeded, he would not be able to threaten him and Ma Teng for the time being. But Ma Chao knew that he had to take advantage of the current weakness of Han Sui's army to seize more cities in order to gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou. Before the Battle of Jieting, the strategy he had to implement was to enter Liangzhou; After the Battle of Jieting, he had already stepped into Liangzhou with one foot, and all he had to consider was to put the other foot in and gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou.

Ma Chao studied and judged the situation in Liangzhou, and now he is in the northeast corner of Hanyang County, Han Sui is in the southwest corner of Hanyang County, and Ma Teng is in the northwest corner of him, that is, in Gaoping City of Anding County.

Ma Chao decided to attack immediately, divided his troops to the south to seize the six cities of Longxian, Xianqin, Pingxiang, Luoyang, Ayang, and Chengji, expanded his power, and threatened Han Sui; and sent a branch of Qu to the north to take down the two cities of Chaona, Wushi, and Wating, and connected with Ma Teng. Ma Chao immediately divided into nine divisions and went to attack the nine places respectively, and he followed behind as the main force.

The army immediately divided into nine divisions, each of which marched towards nine strategic points. Ma Chao left a group of men and horses to guard the street pavilion, and the rest of the 20,000 horsemen all followed Ma Chao to advance towards Liangzhou.

When Ma Chao only led his army to leave Jieting for a hundred miles, before he reached the bottom of Longxian, several groups of meteor horses reported that two of the six cities of Hanyang had heard that he had defeated the kingdom in Jieting, and they all looked down on the wind; The other four cities were unwilling to surrender, and they were all stormed. Now the six cities are under his control, and Han Sui is across the Weishui.

Ma Chao was overjoyed when he heard this. Before the joy subsided, three waves of meteor horses came from the north, saying that his troops had successfully captured the cities of Chaona and Wushi; Wating was ungarrisoned and was successfully occupied. In addition, Ma Teng was also preparing to lead his army from Gaoping City, preparing to go south to join him.

In this way, the situation has been biased to Ma Chao's side, and the situation is very good for Ma Chao. However, Han Sui lost the initiative because of the loss of the street pavilion; Also because of the kingdom, Weishui has not yet been crossed. This is more beneficial to Ma Chao. Today, Ma Chao and Ma Teng father and son have won most of Hanyang County, half of Anding County and a small half of Beidi County, and have initially gained a firm foothold.

Ma Chao didn't expect the war to go so smoothly, and the Street Pavilion, the place where the soldiers would fight, was easily taken by him in just half a day; Eight cities were also easily captured in the other half of the day. Now, he can be regarded as a man with land.

However, Ma Chao himself knows that he is still far from being divided. Because at the moment, he can only occupy the land of these cities, but with Han Sui still there, he has no time to firmly control these cities and counties. He could only concentrate on defeating Han Sui with all his strength before he could plot with Ma Teng to divide one side. Besides, while the court is watching.

No matter what, Ma Chao was still very excited, and captured the eight cities as soon as the war began. Ma Chao remembered Taizu's words that "it is advisable to chase after the poor Kou with the remaining bravery", so he ordered the two closest parts to Weishui, that is, the two branches that captured Xianqin City and Luoyang City, to try to cross Weishui in advance and threaten the two cities of Shanggua and Wangyuan.