Cherrigi bowed down again and shouted: "The general is destined to return, and I, Cherrigi, am willing to surrender!" ”

Ma Chao looked at the back of Cheriji, who was thrown to the ground, and saw that his back was wide and wide, and the clothes could not hide the outline of the muscles, so he suddenly had an idea, and immediately said to Zhang Xiu: "Brother Xiu, let him go, give him a knife, and then you know what to do!" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he brushed his beard with a smile.

Zhang Xiu quickly understood what Ma Chao meant from Ma Chao's meaningful smile. Cherrigi was stunned, Zhang Xiu swung a knife, cut the rope that bound Cherrigi's hands, and then threw the knife to Cherrigi.

Cherrigie, who picked up the knife, still looked puzzled, and looked at Ma Chao, who was looking at him with interest, as if he was waiting for Cherrigi's performance.

Zhang Xiu, who was sitting on the horse, suddenly shouted violently, stabbed with his spear, and took Cherrigi's head. Cherrigi quickly turned his head and dodged Zhang Xiu's gun.

Zhang Xiu saw that the stab was missed, so he put away the gun and stabbed him again, this time stabbing him in the chest. Zhang Xiu's spear skills are exquisite, and the speed of the gun is also extremely fast, and the sharp gun makes a low groan.

Cherrigie probably knew that Zhang Xiu's gun was fast, and it was difficult for him to resist, so he hurriedly pounced, and Zhang Xiu's spear only pierced the grass where Cherrigi was standing.

Cherrigi hurriedly waved his knife and danced, Zhang Xiu's spear was continuously opened by him, and the distance was constantly getting closer. Cheriji was ruthless, intending to cut off the horse's leg close behind, but Zhang Xiu could only maintain a defensive position in order to protect the mount, and the battle situation between the two began to be anxious.

But Ma Chao could clearly see that Zhang Xiu's force and spearmanship were still much higher than those of Cherrigi, and Cherrigi gradually couldn't resist it. Zhang embroidered a gun, and although Cheriji quickly dodged, he was still shaved off a few strands of long hair by the tip of the gun. When the fierce battle reached the 30th round, Zhang Xiu deliberately raised his gun to stab Cheriji's right leg, leading Cheriji to slash it down, but he quickly put away the gun, and Cheriji's knife sank deep into the ground, and it was difficult to pull it out for a while.

Cherry was in a hurry, and when he struggled to pull out the knife, he found that a white light passed in front of him, and then his neck suddenly became cold, and when he looked down, it was Zhang Xiu who put the tip of the gun on his shoulder, as long as he acted rashly, Zhang Xiu's gun tip could pierce his neck.

Cherrigi sighed, threw the knife away, and said lonely, "I lost." ”

Zhang Xiu took back the spear, and after completing the task perfectly, he glanced at Ma Chao as if he had taken credit.

From this battle, Ma Chao confirmed his conjecture, Cherrigi is really strong in martial arts, otherwise he would never be able to support thirty rounds under Zhang Xiu's spear.

Ma Chao smiled and said: "Cherrigie, I see that you are armed and you are also a good man, are you interested in joining my command?" ”

Only then did Cherrigi understand that Ma Chao had just let people fight with him for no reason, and he was assessing him!

Cherrigi was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Cherrigi is willing to follow the general!" ”

Ma Chao understands that although the nomadic tribe also has a father-son inheritance system, it is more likely that the tribe elects the warriors who are popular among the tribes. To be the leader, Cherrigi must have something extraordinary, so Ma Chao moved his heart to solicit.

Ma Chao said: "Okay, my relatives are just short of a Dubo in the barracks, and you will be a Dubo in my relatives barracks in the future." ”

Duber is the equivalent of a centurion.

Cherrigi didn't dislike it at all, and bowed: "General Xie! General Xie! ”

Ma Chao's pro-military camp does not have a captain, and is directly in charge of Ma Chao, and under him is the military marquis. Immediately a marquis came out and took Cherrigi away.

After Cheriji left with a thousand thanks, Ma Chao's eyes fell on the people who were still kneeling together, there were more than 20,000 of them, kneeling together, and more than 1,000 horsemen were constantly wandering and watching.

Ma Chao suddenly found that the empty eyes and confused expressions of the original Wuqiang tribe had changed a little, and many people were looking at him with great energy.

Ma Chao understood, presumably it was his conversation with Cherrigi that made them hear it close by.

So Ma Chao galloped closer, and ordered the cavalry to withdraw from the encirclement of them, and Ma Chao rode alone in front of the Qiang tribe.

Considering that Wuqiang was the farthest away from Liangzhou and might not be able to speak Chinese, Ma Chao shouted to them in Qiang dialect: "The oath with Cheriji just now is not a joke, as long as I am here for a day, I will not smuggle for a day." As long as you are obedient to me, I will definitely treat you equally, and I will never oppress you with taxes and swords like the imperial court. On the contrary, I will divide all the pastures, cultivated land, and herds in the Qiang to you, and all slaves will become free people, and those who have meritorious deeds will be rewarded. ”

Hearing Ma Chao's words, everyone in the Wuqiang tribe was overjoyed, and they all bowed down and shouted: "I am willing to surrender to the general!" ”

Ma Chao nodded, and just wanted to wave his hand to call some cavalry and take these people to settle down, Ma Chao suddenly found that most of the kneeling crowd were women's faces, young and middle-aged men were scattered, and the number of old people and children was much more than that of men. Seeing this, Ma Chao suddenly had an idea again.

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With the submission of the Wuqiang, the entire Qiang side of the 800-li radius was subject to the rule of the Ma family. Ma Chao stayed in Qiangzhong for a short time for five days, and after the officials sent by Ma Teng took over, Ma Chao led 150,000 iron cavalry divisions back to Jincheng.

Along the way, Ma Chao cooperated with the officials to distribute the surplus cavalry to the fields, and gathered the scattered defeated soldiers on the other. In this cycle, the bloodthirsty soldiers on the battlefield gradually settled down and became ordinary households.

Ma Chao saw the most scenes along the way, except for the homeless people, everyone holding a pottery bowl and lining up in an endless line in front of the soup kitchen; In addition to the county officials, who held slips and long bamboo poles for recording, led a large group of people to measure and distribute arable land in barren fields; The most visible thing is the beginning of the winter wheat planting: the short brown knotted peasants, following the buttocks of two cows and horses, holding the pear rake in one hand and controlling the direction of the cows and horses with the reins in the other, while the women carry the bags of seeds and throw the seeds behind the men.

Anyone who saw Ma Chao's banner, whether it was a person in front of the soup kitchen stall or a person who was cultivating, consciously threw down the things in their hands, knelt in two rows on both sides of Ma Chao's team, and kowtowed to Ma Chao with tears in their eyes. Every time he met the people, they were crying and shouting, and the dialects were very different, and Ma Chao couldn't hear what the people were shouting. However, Ma Chao could still hear some words from the noisy crying, and the word "thanks" he heard the most was heard.

Every time he saw this scene, Ma Chao sighed in his heart that all his efforts and sacrifices were really not in vain. The vow he made when he held the girl's body really made him fulfill.

Of course, every time this moment comes, it is time for the propaganda of the various Yangyi lieutenants in the army.

Some of the soldiers under Ma Chao's command were ashamed, some were arrogant, and some fell into deep loneliness.

Everyone's feelings are different, but everyone has a common feeling in their hearts, that is, the war is finally over and Liangzhou is finally stable!