Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

To the west of Wuwei, under the city of Zhangye.

Zhangye's guards were stronger than Wuwei and Lingju's. Zhao Yun attacked here for several days and beheaded several enemy guards in a row before they were willing to leave the city and surrender.

Zhangye is still the territory of the great Han. Although there are people of all nationalities living here, most of them call themselves Han people, and the officials here call themselves Hanchens.

Zhao Yun represented the big man who came to conquer and recover the lost land, and they naturally welcomed it.

After killing those stubborn generals, Zhao Yun entered Zhangye as soon as possible.

"General, I don't know when the imperial army will arrive?" Zhangye's new sheriff asked worriedly.

"As long as we defeat Ma Teng and others, the army will naturally arrive."

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Now, give me all to stick to Zhangye, without any loss."

This is the order Chen Yang gave him. He must stick to Zhangye, and there is no need to go back to rescue. Zhao Yun is very firm in Chen Yang's military order and will not waver.

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Outside Chang'an City, inside the barracks of Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Ma Teng looked at Matthew's corpse, he didn't say anything, he just let out a long sigh, and sat helplessly beside the corpse, he was much older.

Ma Dai held Yan Xing and knelt down, his face was full of anger, if someone hadn't stopped him, he would have cut off Yan Xing's head with one knife.

At that time, he clearly saw that it was Yan Xing who stabbed Ma Xiu with a single shot.

Han Sui also felt a headache. He thought for a long time and said, "Yanming has explained the whole process to me. He was hunted down by Chen Yang's guards. I don't know why the gun stabbed Ma Xiu's nephew. , this matter is probably Chen Yang's trick to drive a wedge between us."

Yan Xing is his general, and his ability is not bad. If he kills him because of this kind of thing, Han Sui is a little bit reluctant, and only hopes to resolve it instead of killing him.

They all knew that Yan Xing must have been framed by Chen Yang's guards, if not, Yan Xing would not have stabbed Matthew for no reason.

Ma Dai immediately retorted: "I saw with my own eyes that it was Yan Xing's assassination. Even if it was Chen Yang who instigated discord, shouldn't he be held accountable?"

"I didn't know why at the time. That shot was just to fight back against Chen Yang's guards. As for why it was stabbed at Mr. Ma Xiu, I still can't figure it out." Yan Xing had no choice but to explain.

"I don't care, you have to be responsible for the death of the second brother, and you must pay with your life." Ma Dai said angrily.

"enough!"

Ma Teng shouted: "If we continue to care about it, we will fall into Chen Yang's trick, let Chen Yang succeed, and let General Yan go immediately, and let's forget about it."

"Uncle, you can't just leave it like this, and the second brother can't die in vain!"

Ma Dai was in a hurry. He didn't understand why Ma Teng didn't care about his son's death.

"Thank you brother for your mercy!"

Han Sui cupped his hands and took Yan Xing down.

"Uncle, why did you let him go?" Ma Dai asked puzzled.

"So what if you don't let go? Are you going to have a falling out with Han Sui?"

Ma Teng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "It's very unwise to do this. You go back to your elder brother and let him take revenge. You don't have to have another chance for the rest."

His eldest brother is naturally Ma Chao.

"I know how to do it!"

Thinking of Ma Chao's strength, Ma Dai felt in his heart that as long as his eldest brother was around, he would definitely be able to avenge his second brother.

It's a pity that his elder brother didn't really agree with cooperating with the Huns, so he didn't ask about military matters. As long as he went to him because of Matthew's affairs, revenge would definitely not be a problem.

Inside Chang'an City.

"My lord, general, we have received news that General Chen really took down Wuwei, Lingju and Zhangye."

A messenger hurried into the barracks and said excitedly: "General Chen only used more than 1000 people, and defeated Ma Dai's attacks many times. Later, he joined forces with General Guan and killed Ma Teng's son Ma Xiu!"

"real!"

Hearing this news, Cao Ang jumped up excitedly.

In the past few days, Ma Teng and the others did not come to attack Chang'an again, and Cao Ang and Guo Jia can probably guess the reason.

Guo Jia said with a sigh: "In terms of military ability, I am far inferior to Zi'an."

Cao Ang thought for a while, and said, "Now that the crisis in Chang'an is gone, and Zi'an is cutting off the enemy's retreat in Wuwei and other places, can we take the initiative to attack?"

Guo Jia thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I think we can attack, and cooperate with Zi'an's things immediately to repel Ma Teng and Han Sui. This is a great opportunity."

Cao Ang immediately said: "Okay, General Xiahou, please send an order, the whole army rests overnight, and we will take the initiative to counterattack tomorrow morning."

For so long in Chang'an, they have been fighting defensive battles, and almost never fought a counterattack like this.

This time he finally had a chance, and Xiahou Dun was also gearing up for it. Being pressed down and beaten, it was really suffocating.

the next morning.

In the city of Chang'an, war drums and thunder were heard.

Cao Ang personally led the troops to the expedition.

During these days, his physical condition is getting better and better, and the adverse reactions of addiction are gradually restrained by him.

Guo Jia stayed in Chang'an to prepare for any eventuality, while Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei stood on both sides of Cao Ang.

With a roar of artillery, the shells fell behind the enemy's tent, causing the enemy to be completely confused, and they attacked directly.

"Enemy attack!"

In Han Sui's barracks, there were bursts of shouts.

"Brother, Cao Ang dared to take the initiative because he knew the situation in Wuwei. What should we do?" Han Sui hurried to Ma Teng's camp.

Ma Teng hesitated for a moment, and said: "There is Cao Ang in the east, and Chen Yang in the west. Our army's morale is already confused. If we continue to stalemate here, it will be bad for us. Let's retreat first."

Han Sui frowned and said, "Now that Wuwei is gone, how can we withdraw?"

Ma Teng said: "After leaving Lingju, Guan Yu gave up Lingju and came back to Wuwei to rescue Chen Yang. They must have no soldiers to guard Lingju again."

So, they also had to go.

Compared with the imposing manner when he came, he looked much more embarrassed when he went back, almost being driven away.

They did not pass through Wuwei and took the way to Lingju. They found that there were not many guards in Lingju. After taking it as soon as possible, they continued westward. When they passed by Zhangye, they found that it was also occupied by Zhao Yun and was heavily guarded.

They wanted to counterattack and attack Zhangye, Zhao Yun appeared and killed several of their generals one after another.

Knowing that the pursuers in the rear were biting hard and chasing after him, Ma Teng had no choice but to give up Zhangye, go around and continue westward.

Cao Ang and the others pursued all the way and joined Chen Yang of Wuwei. The large force continued to chase Han Sui and the others until Zhangye stopped, and arranged for people to recover Lingju again.

As soon as Ma Teng and the others retreated, the crisis in Chang'an collapsed like this.

"General, my lord!"

Zhao Yun learned that Chen Yang and the others were coming, and hurriedly led his troops out of the city to meet them.

"Zhangye, I'm finally here!"

Chen Yang is very yearning for this city located in the Hexi Corridor, a place that the Silk Road must pass through.

In later generations, he thought of Zhangye many times, but he never had a chance.

Now, I can finally experience the antique Zhangye in person.